🐈Andean mountain cat
안데스산고양이(Leopardus jacobitus)는 안데스산맥의 고지에 사는 작은 야생 고양이로 국제 자연 보전 연맹(IUCN)이 야생에서 존재하는 개체수가 2500여 마리 이하로 간주하여 멸종위기종(EN, Endangered species)로 지정 분류하고 있다. 코르날리아(Emilio Cornalia)가 처음 기술했으며, 학명은 만테가자(Jacobita Mantegazza)이 이름에서 유래했다. 아종은 기술되어 있지 않은 2종의 고양이과 동물 중의 하나이다. 친칠라, 페루비스카차 등의 소형동물, 조류를 잡아먹는다.
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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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