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1. MICROVERTEBRADOS DEPREDADOS POR Leopardus pajeros (CARNIVORA: FELIDAE) EN EL SUR DE LA PROVINCIA DE MENDOZA, ARGENTINA.

Author

Esponda, César M. García, Carrera, Joaquín D., Moreira, Germán J., Cazón, Ada V., and De Santis, Luciano J. M.

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*PAMPAS cats, *PREDATORY animals, *PREDATION, *FECES examination, *BILE acids, *ANIMAL population density, *ANIMAL droppings
Abstract

The article presents a study which determines the microvertebrates preyed upon by the pampas cat or Leopardus pajeros, a small South American felid with a broad geographic distribution, in southern Mendoza Province, Argentina. The study includes the assignment of feces to felid species by bile-acid analysis. Result of the study reveals that Pampas cat or Leopardus pajeros cat preyed upon lizards, birds, and rodents, which majority represented by cricetids, followed in importance by tuco-tucos or Ctenomys.

Published
2009

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