Mesocarnivores play a key role in ecosystem dynamics through the regulation of prey
populations and are sensitive to environmental changes; thus, they are often considered …

Montane cloud forests are highly threatened ecosystems that are vulnerable to climate
change. These complex habitats harbor many species that suffer the negative …

The semi-arid Caatinga is the largest dry forest ecoregion in the Americas; nevertheless, it is
experiencing alarming rates of habitat loss. Most vegetation fragments in the biome are …

Even in the genomics era, the phylogeny of Neotropical small felids comprised in the genus
Leopardus remains contentious. We used whole-genome resequencing data to construct a …

Recently, the tiger-cat species complex was split into Leopardus tigrinus and Leopardus
guttulus, along with other proposed schemes. We performed a detailed analysis integrating …

The evolutionary history and taxonomy of the Leopardus tigrinus species complex have
been studied based on several approaches, mostly employing genetic and morphological …

The Amazon biome spans 6.7 million km2 across nine South American countries and is
increasingly facing anthropogenic pressures. In this setting, we find a rich assemblage of …

Small carnivore activity is usually constrained by multiple factors, including moonlight,
rainfall seasonality, intraguild relationships, and availability of prey. This study aimed to …

A total of nine small wild felid species can be found in a diversity of habitats in South
America. Hierarchical models (HM) can be used to estimate key population aspects such as …

The Neotropical realm harbors 9–14 species of small-and medium-sized felids, depending
on taxonomic schemes. Some of these species are poorly known, and a few of them are …