Friday, May 27, 2011

And just another new sighting !

The pantanal cat (Leopardus braccatus, gato-palheiro) is probably by far the most elusive cat that inhabits this region. Nobody has ever seen it around here and now Lydia`s (the german giant anteater researcher that works here) camera traps finally got the most sought-after picture: the misterious Pantanal cat !
Here are two pictures pasted together, the left leaves no doubt about the ID and the right one shows you the size of it. It´s been caught 5 times by a camera-trap on this location: http://goo.gl/maps/uatF

2 Comments:

At 28/5/11 17:59 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's impressive. Almost one might think it is wild domestic cat. Wow, Lydia! The Hannes

 
At 31/5/11 18:01 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, yet another new species! Amazing, Giant Armadillo, Bush Dog, Maned Wolf, Pantanal Cat. Wish we were there!Hi Lydia! Tim and Karen

 

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