Andean cat

Andean cat (plural Andean cats)

1. A species of cat, Leopardus jacobitus, that lives in the Andes.
   • 2008, Mark Carwardine, Animal Records‎, page 44:

     The Andean cat (Leopardus jacobitus) is rarely found below 3000 m (9840 ft) and, in Peru at least, is known to range up to at least 5100 m (16,728 ft).

   • 2010, Anja Mutic, Kate Armstrong, Paul Smith, Bolivia, Lonely Planet, page 50:

     Other precious wild highland species include foxes and tarukas (Andean deer), the mysterious Andean cat and the titi monkey.

   • 2013, Rob White, “15: Eco-global criminology and the political economy of environmental harm”, in Nigel South, Avi Brisman, editors, Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology, page 253:

     For example, the native woodlands demolished for cash crops such as GMO soybeans in Argentina have a major impact on the habitats of animals such as pumas, jaguars, Andean cats and tapirs, which cannot live outside this particular ecosystem (Robin 2010: 271).

• Andean mountain cat