🐈Andean mountain cat
Die Bergkatze oder Andenkatze (Leopardus jacobita, Syn.: Oreailurus jacobita) ist eine südamerikanische Art innerhalb der Familie der Katzen. Die Bergkatze lebt in den Andenregionen Südamerikas und wird in der Roten Liste gefährdeter Arten der Weltnaturschutzunion IUCN als Stark Gefährdet (Endangered) geführt, weil die gesamte Population auf weniger als 2500 erwachsene Individuen geschätzt wird, bei einem abnehmenden Populationstrend. Die wissenschaftlichen Daten sind noch eher vage. Die ersten Filmaufnahmen der Art entstanden erst nach 2000 durch Christian Baumeister.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 8.13 kg
- Body length
- 0.6 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 15 years
Everything we know about the Andean mountain cat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass8.13 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.6 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan15 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length3.81 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation64 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 3estimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l8.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Andean mountain cat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusLeopardus
- ›speciesLeopardus jacobitus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusLeopardus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusLeopardus
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