.....Chile

Why is Chile important to cat conservation?

Chile has five species of cats: Puma, Geoffroy's cat,
Andean mountain cat, Guigna, and Pampas cat.  
Guignas have the smallest geographic range of any
cats.  The Andean mountain cat is extremely rare
but confirmed to persist in northern Chile.  The
Chilean Pampas cats are also rare and populations
are  threatened.

Guigna (Oncifelis guigna)

The altiplano above 3800m

Andean mountain cat (Orealiurus jacobita)

Lanscapes in guigna country
have been severely fragmented

Melanistic guigna (Oncifelis guigna)

Local people meet a guigna