Pampas Cat (scientific name: Leopardus colocolo) is also known as Pampas Cat, with 8 subspecies.
Pampas Cat is mainly active at night, is an expert climber, very ferocious, and very agile. It mainly preys on small mammals, mainly rodents and guinea pigs, but also catches ground-dwelling birds and even poultry, and also preys on lizards and larger insects.
The South American steppe tiger cat reaches sexual maturity at the age of two, with a breeding period from April to July, a gestation period of 80-85 days, and 1-3 kittens each time. The average lifespan is 9 years, and the longest is 16 years.
South American steppe tiger cat In Uruguay, the South American steppe tiger cat was once declared extinct, and perhaps a small number of survivors continue to survive tenaciously. The species is also a victim of the fur trade. In view of their increasingly scarce numbers, the World Trade Organization issued a decree in 1987 to stop the international fur trade of the South American steppe tiger cat. Today, the situation of South American steppe cats varies from place to place. For example, in Peru, they are listed as "endangered"; in Paraguay, they are listed as "rare". Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Paraguay have all banned the hunting of them, and in Peru, their hunting is also regulated. Between 1976 and 1979, 78,000 skins of South American steppe cats were exported. In 1980, they were protected and the fur trade was banned.
Listed in the 2016 Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ver 3.1 - Near Threatened (NT).
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