Margay

Until the 1990s, margays were hunted for the wildlife trade, at which point the killing of the species was outlawed in most countries; however, years of persecution resulted in a notable population decrease.[2] In Mexico it has been recorded in 24 of the 32 states, ranging northward up the coastal lowlands and Sierra Madres as far north as of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas on the US border in the east and southern Sonora in the west.[9] Pleistocene fossils of margay-like cats, dubbed Leopardus amnicola, have been found in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, suggesting that they may have had an even wider distribution in prehistory.Morphological adaptation such as these is a strong indication that the margay is well equipped to thrive in ecosystems such as rainforests in which vegetation provides the wild with protection from possible threats.Additionally, scientists that have conducted behavioral studies on margays found that population density was higher in environments with substantial amount of trees and minimal human disturbance.Copulation lasts up to sixty seconds and is similar to that of domestic cats; it takes place primarily in the trees and occurs several times while the female is in heat.[18] In the 20th century, several type specimens were described and proposed as new species or subspecies: Results of a genetic study of margay mitochondrial DNA samples indicate that three phylogeographic groups exist.[25] Therefore, three subspecies are currently considered valid taxa:[26] In the Spanish language, it is known as gato tigre, tigrillo, caucel, maracayá or margay.
A margay photographed in Turvo State Park , Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil
Costa RicaConservation statusNear ThreatenedIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaCarnivoraFeliformiaFelidaeFelinaeLeopardusBinomial nameSchinzThomasSynonymswild catMexicoCentralSouth Americanocturnalevergreendeciduous forestIUCN Red Listdeforestationscientific nameHeinrich Rudolf Schinzscientific descriptionPrince Maximilian of Wied-NeuwiedBrazilocelotCentral AmericaParaguayCoahuilaNuevo LeonTamaulipasSonoraUruguayArgentinatropical evergreen foresttropical dry forestcloud forestcoffeeplantationsEagle PassMaverick County, Texaslocally extinctFossilizedPleistoceneOrange County, TexasSabine RiverToca da BarrigudaFloridaGeorgiaSouth CarolinaTurvo State ParkRio Grande do Sulprimatesmarmosetstamarinssquirreltiti monkeystree frogsarthropodsIngram's squirrelarboreallyagoutisarmadilloscaviesestrusCopulationdomestic catsinduced ovulatorssexual maturityscent markingurine sprayingpied tamarinNeotropicalmimicryzoological specimenMaximilian von WiedMucuri Rivertype specimenssubspeciesOldfield ThomasJaliscoEdward Alphonso GoldmanJoel Asaph AllenEdward William NelsonOaxacaYucatanmitochondrial DNAphylogeographicSpanish languagePortugueseGuaraní languageWozencraft, W. C.Wilson, D. 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