Title
First record of pantanal cat, Leopardus colocolo braccatus, in Bolivia / Primer registro del gato de pantanal Leopardus colocolo braccatus en Bolivia
Author(s)
José A. Díaz Luque; Valerie Beraud; Pablo J. Torres; Federico P. Kacoliris; Gonzalo Daniele; Robert B. Wallace; Igor Berkunsky.
Published
2012
Publisher
Mastozoología Neotropical
Abstract
The Pantanal cat, Leopardus colocolo braccatus, has been reported for grasslands and subtropical humid forests in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina. Here we report a dead Pantanal cat in the Moxos savannahs of the Beni Department of Bolivia, representing the first record of this taxon for Bolivia. This record, in combination with a reassessment of two previous records of L. colocolo in the lowlands of Bolivia, extends the distribution range of this subspecies ca.1000 km WNW from the nearest known locality in Brazil. / The Pantanal cat (Leopardus colocolo braccatus) has been reported from savannas and subtropical humid forests in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina. The objective of this note is to report a specimen of the Pantanal cat that was found dead in the Llanos de Mojos in the Department of Beni, Bolivia. This find is the first record of Leopardus colocolo braccatus in Bolivia. This record, in combination with a reinterpretation of two previous records of L. colocolo in the Bolivian lowlands, extends the range for the species by approximately 1000 km WNW from the nearest known locality in Brazil.
Keywords
Beni; Bolivia; Lowland; Lowland; Moxos savannas; Pampas cat; Pampas cat; Mojos plains; Lowland

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