Andean mountain cat
Leopardus jacobita
EndangeredPhoto: Jim Sanderson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mammalcarnivore
The Andean cat is a small, elusive wild cat that makes its home high in the Andes mountains. With fewer than 1,500 left in the wild, it's one of the rarest cats in South America.
- Fewer than 1,500 Andean cats survive in their mountain habitat.
- They live only in the high Andes of South America.
- This cat is classified as Endangered by conservationists.
MountainSouth America
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Mammal
- Scientific name
- Leopardus jacobita
- Habitat
- Mountain
- Regions in this directory
- South America
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- small
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered (EN)
