#kodkod (leopardus guigna)

[shopcat]

"panthers" ^_^ AKA melanism in wild cats, which occurs with high frequency in many feline species and is a common polymorph present in up to eleven

#☆ #🐯 #kodkod (leopardus guigna) #serval (leptailurus serval) #jaguar (panthera onca) #bobcat (lynx rufus) #jungle cat (felis chaus) #oncilla (leopardus tigrinus) #leopard (panthera pardus) #african wildcat (felis lybica) #geoffroy's cat (leopardus geoffroyi) #felid #colour mutation #melanistic #fav #juvenile #herbert's the lot of them. though black cats aren't melanistic they're just black LOL #also snuck in two kodkods bc they're so cuuuute and my favourites

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Kodkod (Leopardus Guigna)

kingdomoffunnymemes.com

#kingdomoffunnymemes.com #photographer #kodkod #leopardus guigna #cat #animal #mammal #wildlife #nature

[1wildcataday]

day eight: kodkod/guina cat

#1wildcataday #1 wild cat a day #one wild cat a day #art #cat #cats #wild cat #wild cats #guina cat #kodkod cat #kodkod #Leopardus guigna #26/06/22 #260622

[mirtadraws]

Inktober day 15 - guiña aka kodkod, the smallest South American cat

This year I'm drawing wild cat species for Inktober. Which one would you like to see?

#guiña #kodkod #leopardus guigna #inktober #inktober 2023

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic wild cat tournament

Ocelot lineage - Final

Genus: Leopardus - Final

Depth: 5 (6 wins away from championship)

After a whole week of slightly losing, the kodkod eventually took over and triumphed against the pampas cat, while the andean mountain cat eliminated the well-liked margay. (you people really like fluffy cats here don't you) Now they face each other in the genus and lineage final.

Kodkod

Andean mountain cat

#polls #cats #tournament poll #phylogenetic wild cat tournament #ocelot lineage #kodkod #andean mountain cat #i made this poll in approximately one fifth time of the usual so please forgive me any mistakes #i have some urgent lab work but also some analyses are running on my computer and also i have to go to sleep it starts getting late

[little-cat-showdown]

[ID: a photo of a sand cat and a photo of a melanistic kodkod. the sand cat is a very small tawny cat with black stripes on its arms. the kodkod is a very small black cat with subtle spots on its coat. end ID]

Sand cat fun fact: Sand cats have long hair on the soles of their paws to protect against extreme desert temperature (Source: Wikipedia)

Kodkod fun fact: The kodkod is the smallest feline native to the Americas, at 4.4-5.5lb (2-2.5kg)! (Source: Wikipedia)

#little cat showdown poll #sand cat #kodkod #I forgot about melanistic kodkods. good little guys

[nedsecondline]

Conservationists aim to save South America’s super tiny wild cat, the guina

The guina (Leopardus guigna), also called the Kodkod or the Chilean cat, is the Americas’ smallest cat. The diminutive feline weighs only two to seven pounds. Image courtesy of Eduardo Silva-Rodríguez. Source: Conservationists aim to save South America’s super tiny wild cat, the guina

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[madeleineengland]

The Kodkod, or better known Leopardus Guigna or Huiña, is the smallest of the eight species of New World cats included in genus Leopardus that populate southern America, and it's one of the smallest cats in the world. With a little patience and luck, you can still find them in isolated pockets of forest in southern Chile, especially around Los Lagos and Chiloé Islandl.

#animals #photography #cats #wild cats #kodkod #wild life #cute animals #kittens #baby animals #america #chile #southern america #wild animals #black cats #leopardus guigna #kitten

[psikonauti]

Kodkod (Leopardus guigna,also called güiña) 

Photographed by Joel Sartore

#Kodkod #Leopardus guigna #güiña #guina #animals #felines #upl #Joel Sartore #wildlife photography

[ainawgsd]

The kodkod (Leopardus guigna), also called güiña, is the smallest cat in the Americas. It lives primarily in central and southern Chile and marginally in adjoining areas of Argentina. Its area of distribution is small compared to the other South American cats. Since 2002, it has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List as the total effective population may comprise less than 10,000 mature individuals, and is threatened due to persecution and loss of habitat and prey base.

The kodkod's fur color ranges from brownish-yellow to grey-brown. It has dark spots, a pale underside and a ringed tail. The ears are black with a white spot, while the dark spots on the shoulders and neck almost merge to form a series of dotted streaks. Melanistic kodkods with spotted black coats are quite common. It has a small head, large feet, and a thick tail. Adult kodkods are 15 to 20 inches in head to body length with a short 7.9–9.8 inch long tail and a shoulder height of about 9.8 in. Weight ranges between 4.4 and 5.5 lb.

Kodkods are equally active during the day and during the night, although they only venture into open terrain under the cover of darkness. During the day, they rest in dense vegetation in ravines, along streams with heavy cover, and in piles of dead gorse. They are excellent climbers, and easily able to climb trees more than a meter in diameter. They are terrestrial predators of birds, lizards and rodents in the ravines and forested areas.

Male kodkods maintain exclusive territories 1.1 to 2.5 square kilometres (0.42 to 0.97 sq mi) in size, while females occupy smaller ranges of just 0.5 to 0.7 square kilometres (0.19 to 0.27 sq mi).

The major threat to the kodkod is logging of its temperate moist forest habitat, and the spread of pine forest plantations and agriculture, particularly in central Chile. In 1997 to 1998, two out of five radio-collared kodkods were killed on Chiloé Island while raiding chicken coops.

#kodkod #güiña #leopardus guigna #wild cats #small cat #south american cat

[anothereffingegirl]

Rating small cats instead of doing my homework part 2

So my last post got a lot of attention so!!! I will rate more wild kitties!!!!!!

Continuing genus Leopardus

Colocolo/Pampas Cat

7/10. a personal favorite, he just looks so friendly!! with a big ol button nose!!! However he does lack some key characteristics of succesful cats, he's just too friendly

Geoffroy's cat

8/10. Just let him rest. He looks so done with life. Besides that he has good camouflage and stealth bonuses, plus points because he has been through a lot

Kodkod /Güiña Cat

A LITERAL CHILD. 9/10. He looks cute but i bet my money that he's a PRO HUNTER. A good look at what the bay cat could have been, his small far apart ears actually go with his face, minus points for being too small to defend himself

Genus Lynx

Canadian Lynx

I'll have to give a 5/10, i know he needs those feet to be able to walk on snow but GOD THEY LOOK RIDICULOUS. At least idk make his body bigger or more proportional

Eurasian Lynx

7/10. The superior lynx species. Looks powerful enough to take down big prey, however i don't feel the vibe, i know he is successful, but he just doesn't look like it, i'm sorry boy

Iberian Lynx

6/10. The beard doesn't do it for me, he's not very adaptable so i would never put my money on him, but he looks like he can live fine

Bobcat

7/10. He can't take down big prey, but he sure knows how to get by, very sneaky and cunning, he feels slytherin

Genus Acionyx

Cheetah

7/10. Don't get me wrong, i love cheetahs, but they just invested so much in speed that it's gotten so much weaker in other aspects, i do respect her, but i know she won't bring any food home

Genus Puma

Cougar/Puma

9/10. Pumas are hands down one of the most adaptable cats i have ever seen, they fail to compete with jaguars, but their range is just spectacular. Only downpoint would be that, with all their hunkness and power, they are not considered big cats

Jaguarundi/Yaguarundi/Weaselcat

2/10. I don't care. Those guys look like a damn mistake, why would you, a feline, the TOP carnivore build, want to be like a mustelid, a WEASEL for god's sake. Only plus points is that they are very successful being slinky bastards

Once again, like if youd like a part 3!!! I am really glad the first one did so well, considering i did as a joke, anyway see ya!!!!!!!!!

#cat #cats #wild cats #small cats #big cats #felidae #carnivora #colocolo #pampas cat #Leopardus colocolo #Geoffroys cat #Leopardus geoffroy #Kodkod #Güiña cat #Güina cat #Leopardus guigna #Leopardus #Lynx #Canadian lynx #Lynx canadensis #Eurasian lynx #Lynx lynx #Iberian Lynx #Spanish lynx #Lynx pardinus #Bobcat #Lynx rufus #Acinonyx #Acinonyx jubatus #Cheetah

[shopcat]

besides cats what are your favourite animals? :)

omg yeah i love all the animals on earth i think my most reblogged animal is literally like the common raccoon which are just normal animals that appear .. outside people's houses. i also am slightly insecure honestly all my favourites are very normal well loved animals but well who care =_=

i mostly like big cats the most which is cheating cuz u said besides cats but all cats have basically been my first ever special interest from since i was but a caterpillar. i like snow leopards the most and then servals

the first guys ever ^ they hold their tails cuz it's just fun they're so cute

little freaks ^ a normal leucistic and melanistic one cuz i also like colour mutations obv WHO DOESNT!!!!

then i also love maned wolves they're like the sisters to servals to me and they're their own special species not very closely related to any other canid which is cool i also love coyotes specifically but wolves are preddy cool too i don't know much about them as much but i will watch any coyote documentary i can and much like foxes things that are considered pests and adapt in unique to urban living are but little angles to me

i also like melanistic kodkods cuz they're like wild herbert and all sharks but especially blacktip reef sharks these are babiess

also like bamboo sharks and nurse sharks. then also deer + orcas + domestic and feral horses + flying foxes which are extra special cuz they're very cute but they also live HERE and scare the dickens out of me when i go outside and they take off it's like a tent flapping in the wind it's crazy. i like tanukis too they're like jelly donuts. i really think most animals are cool and have their own merits and i can appreciate their splenderifousness i find most things cute too i think snakes are like puppies i also think it's cute that shark baby is called a pup that's so true .. and ofc i do like foxes but maybe not as much as people assume LOL i actually like arctic foxes the most☝️ they're so round. i tend to like the scary versions of things too like seals are cute but sea lions rule

#asks #also bc ''panther'' is just a word for the melanistic form of a jaguar or leopard i do find it charming to call them baby panthers #splendiferousness... #i really enjoy colour mutations the most i just find it cool and fun and i like learning about them #the same way w general colour morphs but those are different animal to animal it's like how cat coat genetics are so complicated for no #reason at all #🐯 #snow leopard (panthera uncia) #serval (leptailurus serval) #maned wolf (chrysocyon brachyurus) #kodkod (leopardus guigna) #blacktip reef shark (carcharhinus melanopterus) #felid #canid #selachimorpha #fav

[yourfriendlyneiborhoodneerdowell]

Kodkod 🐱

Comissions are open

#kodkod #leopardus guigna #güiña #animals #felines #Vulnerable species #cat #cats

[1wildcataday]

day one-hundred-and-eight: kodkod/guina

#1wildcataday #1 wild cat a day #one wild cat a day #art #cat #cats #wild cat #wild cats #kodkod #kodkod cat #guina #guina cat #Leopardus guigna #04/10/22 #041022

[mirtadraws]

a couple of quick animal doodles to start the new year

#groenendael #okapi #kodkod #guiña #leopardus guigna #Okapia johnstoni #Canis lupus familiaris #sketchbook #Animals and Nature

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Phylogenetic wild cat tournament

Ocelot lineage

Genus: Leopardus

Depth: 9 (8 wins away from championship)

New genus! This one, Leopardus is actually the most populous of all: it has 8 species (Felis has 7, Prionailurus has 6). The reason I started the tournament with two others and not this is that Leopardus cats are "further" away from the other genuses in term of genetic closeness.

With it, we, for the first time in the tournament, leave the old world and visit America, more precisely South America. Both of these kitties live there.

Geoffroy's cat

yes! this one comes in black too!

Kodkod

more melanism!

#polls #cats #tournament poll #phylogenetic wild cat tournament #ocelot lineage #geoffroy's cat #kodkod #be careful with the first link it has quite a lot of dead animals #i know in my bones which one will win this (but i kinda hope the other does because that one has lot more nice photos)