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Andean cat en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A species of cat, Leopardus jacobitus, that lives in the Andes.
   • Other precious wild highland species include foxes and tarukas (Andean deer), the mysterious Andean cat and the titi monkey. 2010, Anja Mutic, Kate Armstrong, Paul Smith, Bolivia, Lonely Planet, page 50:
   • 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). 2008, Mark Carwardine, Animal Records, page 44:
   • 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). 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:

Forms

Synonyms

Andean mountain cat

Translations (16)

pl ocelot andyjski (Leopardus jacobitus) · de Bergkatze (Leopardus jacobitus) · ms kucing banjaran Andes (Leopardus jacobitus) · nl bergkat (Leopardus jacobitus) · mt qattus tal-muntanji tal-Andes (Leopardus jacobitus) · nv Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tsétah mósí ałchinígíí (Leopardus jacobitus) · fi andienkissa (Leopardus jacobitus) · ru а́ндская ко́шка (Leopardus jacobitus) · pt gato-andino (Leopardus jacobitus) · el αγριόγατα των Άνδεων (Leopardus jacobitus) · es huiña (Leopardus jacobitus) · ms kucing Andes (Leopardus jacobitus) · es guiña (Leopardus jacobitus) · nl andeskat (Leopardus jacobitus) · de Andenkatze (Leopardus jacobitus) · ga cat Aindéach (Leopardus jacobitus)