#Andean cat

[todaysbird]

the andean cat, also known as the andean mountain cat, is a small wildcat only found in high regions of the south american andes mountains. they are currently endangered from various threats including habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, and hunting; approximately 1,500 are left in the wild, and there are no known specimens in captivity. due to their remote range and shy nature, they are difficult to study. their primary food source is the vizcacha, a member of the chinchilla family, but they feed on a variety of other small animals as well. the species is not sexually dimorphic, and both sexes share gray coats with distinct thickly-striped markings.

#Andean cat #cat #catblr #wildcat #animal #other animals #i know this is bird blog but I wanna share some other species too?

[mammalianmammals]

Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita), family Felidae, found in the high Andes Mountains of South America

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Sebastian Kennerknecht

#andean cat #cat #cats #felidae #leopardus #mammal #animals #nature #south america

[dusky-doe]

An Andean Mountain cat! This species is super ahrd to study, and we don't know a lot about them! They are chilling way up high in the andes mountains.

#andean cat #andean mountain cat #animals #animal art #digital art #digital painting #my art #duskys art

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Conservationists are working to reintroduce the Scottish wildcat but face a massive numerical deficit and challenge. Lessons can be learned from its near demise, such as not waiting to conserve species until its nearly too late, the Scottish Rewilding Alliance’s Richard Bunting says.

Image by Charlie Marshall via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Small cats face big threats: Reasons to save these elusive endangered species

Researcher Philip Muruthi believes the serval (Leptailurus serval) could be an ambassador for African grasslands. With the ability to jump up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) in the air, it helps control small mammal populations in its habitat. “Serval cat ecotourism is another possibility,” Muruthi says. “They can be hard to spot, but when you see one in the wild, you never forget it."

Image courtesy of Nancy Lewis/African Wildlife Foundation.

Like their big cat cousins, small cat species can have strong cultural ties to human communities. Anthony Gerardo Pino Charaja of the Andean Cat Alliance explains that in countries like Peru, the Andean cat was long closely linked spiritually to the protection of livestock such as alpacas and llamas and was also designated as a deity of water.

Image courtesy of Andean Cat Alliance.

Clouded leopards prey upon a range of species including wild pigs and ungulates, helping control forest populations.

Image by Charlie Marshall via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

#charlie marshall #photographer #flickr #cats #scottish wildcat #mammal #animal #wildlife #scottish rewilding allance #nancy lewis #african wildlife foundation #leptailurus serval #servals #andean cat alliance #andean cat #clouded leopard

[board-bites]

moodboard for @thelostmountain! sorry I accidentally deleted your request when going to answer it but still here's your board :)

(they requested an andean cat moodboard with eerie winter and mountain themes!)

Requests are open!

#🪦🕸️ #otherkin safe #otherkinity #otherkin #otherkin community #otherhearted #therianthopy #therianthropy #therian community #therian #theriotype #moodboards #moodboard #nonhuman #nonhumanity #alterhuman #alterhumanity #andean cat #dark moodboard

[brose1229]

Day 6: Andean cat

@kitsumeo

#febroary #febroary challenge #febroary2024 #Andean cat #small cat #my art #artists on tumblr

[1wildcataday]

day thirty-three: andean mountain cat

#1wildcataday #1 wild cat a day #one wild cat a day #art #cat #cats #wild cat #wild cats #andean cat #andean mountain cat #Leopardus jacobita #21/07/22 #210722

[revon-breaks-free]

new fursona, this is Noven!!! he’s an Andean cat, he goes by he/they his spots glow more the more sleepy he is, he’s generally based on sleepycore and i love him dearly.

#andean mountian cat #andean cat #sleepycore #kidcore #sleepcore #comfycore #fursona #sfw furry #rev's art #furry #pajamas #cat fursona #catboy #cat #kitty #sketch is for size ref

[ethereal-hollow]

A kity

You want to donate to save this endangered species so bad: https://donate.wildnet.org/?fund=Andean_Cat

#hollow.art #furry #feline #andean mountain cat #andean cat #ref sheet #hollow.q

[ceropegia]

https://twitter.com/Reforestemos_/status/1675598466570133506?s=20

Andean cat and Andean kitten, strolling along a mountain path in the Cordillera de Santiago. Slightly squeaky.

#andean cat #gato andino #second cutest cat #kittens

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #Caturday:

Ceramic bottle modeled in the form of a standing feline, decorated with resist-painted motif. Gallinazo style (aka Virú culture), NW Peru, Early Intermediate Period, c. 200 BCE - 600 CE. Spotted at the American Museum of Natural History NYC.

PS: this vessel may depict the Peruvian subspecies of Pampas Cat aka Northern Colocolo (Leopardus colocola garleppi). The Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus jacobita) is also often suggested, but their range is more southern and higher elevation than where the Virú were? Also note the stripier legs on the Colocolo similar to the ceramic:

#cat #cats in art #feline #ceramics #effigy vessel #pre-conquest #Peruvian att #South American art #Indigenous art #Gallinazo #Virú #American Museum of Natural History #museum visit #Caturday #animals in art #Pampas Cat #Colocolo #Andean Mountain Cat #wild cats #mammalogy #zoology #species ID #ID #infographic #Peruvian art

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic wild cat tournament - FINAL

Panthera, ocelot, bay cat, lynx, leopard cat, domestic cat, puma and caracal lineages

Family: Felidae - THE BEST CAT

Genus: Panthera, Neofelis, Leopardus, Catopuma, Pardofelis, Lynx, Prionailurus, Otocolobus, Felis, Herpailurus, Puma, Acinonyx, Caracal & Leptailurus

My followers have a type, I think.

Snow leopard

Andean mountain cat

#polls #cats #tournament poll #phylogenetic wild cat tournament #panthera lineage #ocelot lineage #snow leopard #andean mountain cat #well everyone... it was a good run thank you

[bruntalism]

#andean mountain cat

[thelostmountain]

I made another andean mountain cat kin/therian mood board :> original

#catkin #therian #otherkin #cat therian #therianthropy #otherkin moodboard #andean mountain cat #frozenedits #<- moodboard/edit tag #tag only includes the ones that i made not ones i rb #fave #yes i tagged my own post as fave shhhhhh

[the-infinite-wilderness]

Andean Mountain Cat Doodles !!

F2U, of course! No credit needed, but do not claim as your own!

REQUESTED BY: No One

Fun Fact: - The Andean mountain cat's tail is about 70% of its whole body's length!!

#alterhuman #alterhuman community #alterhumanity #otherhearted #otherkin #otherkin community #therian #therian art #therian community #therianthropy #catkin #wild cat #wild cats #cat therian #cat theriotype #feline #felinekin #feline therian #feline theriotype #andean mountain cat #andean mountain cat therian #andean mountain catkin #otherkith #otherlink #copinglink

[little-cat-showdown]

[ID: a photo of an Andean mountain cat and a black-footed cat. the Andean mountain cat is a small gray cat with dark stripes down its back and rusty spots on its sides. the black-footed cat is a small tawny cat with black stripes and spots and tabby-like facial markings. the photo is focused on the cat's face, showing its mouth open and eyes scrunched up in a yell or a yawn. end ID]

Andean mountain cat fun fact: Scientists don't know much about the Andean mountain cat because only two have been able to photograph and observe it in the wild! (Source: bigcatrescue.org)

Black-footed cat fun fact: The black-footed cat is known as the world's deadliest cat! It succeeds at approximately 60% of hunts (Source: africageographic.com)

#little cat showdown poll #andean mountain cat #black footed cat