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Margay

Margay
zootiger, 8 Aug 2014
    • zootiger
      8 Aug 2014
    • TeaLovingDave
      A great shot this :) as with almost all other margays within Europe, this is a Yucatan Margay (Leopardus wiedii yucatanicus)
      8 Aug 2014
    • zootiger
      Thanks! They are hard to see at PL, I've only ever seen this individual there (by the ocelot enclosure). There are more to the left hand side of this one's enclosure (as you come from the pallas cats) and I believe a kitten. They have a large no. of margays off-show, most Yucatan but I believe a few not.
      8 Aug 2014
    • TeaLovingDave
      Nope - all animals within Europe are Yucatan barring two females at Tierpark Berlin, which are Central American (Leopardus wiedii nicaraguae). The latter taxon looks dramatically different - I rather hope they bring some males in and get them breeding.
      8 Aug 2014
    • zootiger
      Ah I thought the small carnivore keeper said they had some margays with no subspecies status.
      8 Aug 2014
    • Pleistohorse
      Very nice picture.
      8 Aug 2014
    • TeaLovingDave
      There are untested animals knocking about here and there, but I believe that all the imports in recent decades came from the range of the Yucatan ssp in any case so this is merely a technicality.
      8 Aug 2014
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