Nuevo registro del gato de pajonal uruguayo Leopardus munoai (Ximénez, 1961) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) en el centro de la República Oriental del Uruguay

César M. Álvarez Pinna; Marcos Joel López; Javier A. Pereira

doi:10.31687/SaremNMS23.4.3

Autores

César M. Álvarez Pinna Conservación de Especies Nativas del Uruguay (COENDU), Uruguay.
Marcos Joel López Conservación de Especies Nativas del Uruguay (COENDU), Uruguay.
Javier A. Pereira División Mastozoología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales «Bernardino Rivadavia»–CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31687/SaremNMS23.4.3

Palavras-chave:

atropello, Felidae, Leopardus fasciatus, pastizales

Resumo

New record of the Uruguayan pampas cat Leopardus munoai (Ximénez, 1961) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in the center of Uruguay. The Uruguayan Pampas cat Leopardus munoai is a feline endemic to open areas of Uruguay, southern Brazil, and northeastern Argentina, with few recent documented records. We report the discovery of a road-killed specimen on Route 43, department of Tacuarembó, Uruguay, in a grassland area previously defined as a highly suitable habitat for this species.

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