Pampas Cat Confirmed Across Ten Departments
Continued monitoring added Paysandú, Lavalleja, and Rocha and independently reconfirmed Florida, expanding documented contemporary Pampas-cat occurrence from seven to ten departments.
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Protecting Muñoa’s Pampas Cat in Uruguay
Big Cat Rescue profiles Santiago Turcatti’s work protecting Muñoa’s Pampas cat and explains the species’ taxonomy, threats, and urgent conservation needs.
New Evidence of the Pampas Cat Across Uruguay
Eleven confirmed records from 2022–2025 established a seven-department baseline and demonstrated the value of combining citizen science, camera traps, and road monitoring.
Three Small Wild Cats Sharing Valle del Lunarejo
Camera-trap monitoring documented margay, Geoffroy’s cat, and Pampas cat living in Valle del Lunarejo, confirming the protected landscape as an important refuge for Uruguay’s small wild cats.
The Mammals of Valle del Lunarejo
A camera-trap survey produced more than 1,000 mammal records, revealing the diversity, activity patterns, threatened cats, and introduced species of Valle del Lunarejo.
How Three Carnivores Share the Pampa Landscape
Across 4,756 camera-trap nights, researchers found that three Pampa mesocarnivores divide time and habitat differently, helping explain how they coexist in productive landscapes.