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The beautiful and elegant #Oncilla is a #wildcat 🐱 found in #SouthAmerica. They are #vulnerable due to #deforestation for #gold and #palmoil 🌴⛔️ and are hunted for their fur 😭 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #BoycottGold4Yanomami @palmoildetect.bsky.social https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/08/14/northern-tiger-cat-oncilla-leopardus-tigrinus/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

AutisticMumTo3 Apr 17, 2024

New Species Of Super-Cute Tiger Cat Discovered With An Uncertain Future | IFLScience
https://www.iflscience.com/new-species-of-super-cute-tiger-cat-discovered-with-an-uncertain-future-73812

#Cats
#TigerCat
#Brazil
#Oncilla
#CloudedTigerCat
#Paraguay
#Argentina

New Species Of Super-Cute Tiger Cat Discovered With An Uncertain Future

Scientists say the "Red Alert" is already on for the clouded tiger cat.

IFLScience

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Feb 5, 2024

Ecological Modeling, Biogeography, And Phenotypic Analyses Setting The Tiger Cats’ Hyperdimensional Niches Reveal A New Species
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-52379-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #biogeography #ecology #phenotype #tigercat #hyperdimesional #species #tigercat #tigrinus #model #modeling #ecologicmodeling #multidimensional #niche #spotting #coat #principalcomponentanalysis #CentralAmerica #SouthAmerica #oncilla #pardinoide #Andes #genetics #distribution #monitoring #habitat #characterisation #savannah #mountains #forest

Ecological modeling, biogeography, and phenotypic analyses setting the tiger cats’ hyperdimensional niches reveal a new species - Scientific Reports

Recently, the tiger-cat species complex was split into Leopardus tigrinus and Leopardus guttulus, along with other proposed schemes. We performed a detailed analysis integrating ecological modeling, biogeography, and phenotype of the four originally recognized subspecies—tigrinus, oncilla, pardinoides, guttulus—and presented a new multidimensional niche depiction of the species. Species distribution models used > 1400 records from museums and photographs, all checked for species accuracy. Morphological data were obtained from institutional/personal archives. Spotting patterns were established by integrating museum and photographic/camera-trap records. Principal component analysis showed three clearly distinct groups, with the Central American specimens (oncilla) clustering entirely within those of the Andes, namely the pardinoides group of the cloud forests of the southern Central-American and Andean mountain chains (clouded tiger-cat); the tigrinus group of the savannas of the Guiana Shield and central/northeastern Brazil (savanna tiger-cat); and the guttulus group in the lowland forests of the Atlantic Forest domain (Atlantic Forest tiger-cat). This scheme is supported by recent genetic analyses. All species displayed different spotting patterns, with some significant differences in body measurements/proportions. The new distribution presented alarming reductions from the historic range of − 50.4% to − 68.2%. This multidimensional approach revealed a new species of the elusive and threatened tiger-cat complex.

Nature

Matt Willemsen Feb 3, 2024

Here's something for Caturday:
Scientists Identify Cryptic New Species of Tiger Cat
https://www.sci.news/biology/leopardus-pardinoides-12649.html #TigerCat #cryptic #speciies #oncilla #tricilla?

Scientists Identify Cryptic New Species of Tiger Cat | Sci.News

In 2013, the oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus), a species of small spotted cat from the Americas, was split into two species: the northern tiger cat (Leopardus tigrinus) and the southern tiger cat (Leopardus guttulus).

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Putin's IBS Oct 31, 2023

#Oncilla armoured personnel carrier after being blown up by an anti-tank mine, all crew members reportedly survived.

#Oncilla 4x4 is a #Polish armoured personnel carrier created on the basis of the documentation of the domestic #Dozor_B. As a result of modernization, it was brought up to #NATO standards. A remote-controlled module equipped with 12.7-mm #NSVT machine guns and thermal imagers is installed on the armoured personnel carrier.