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

Abstract 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,...

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Main Authors: Tadeu G. de Oliveira, Lester A. Fox-Rosales, José D. Ramírez-Fernández, Juan C. Cepeda-Duque, Rebecca Zug, Catalina Sanchez-Lalinde, Marcelo J. R. Oliveira, Paulo H. D. Marinho, Alejandra Bonilla-Sánchez, Mara C. Marques, Katia Cassaro, Ricardo Moreno, Damián Rumiz, Felipe B. Peters, Josué Ortega, Gitana Cavalcanti, Michael S. Mooring, Steven R. Blankenship, Esteban Brenes-Mora, Douglas Dias, Fábio D. Mazim, Eduardo Eizirik, Jaime L. Diehl, Rosane V. Marques, Ana Carolina C. Ribeiro, Reginaldo A. Cruz, Emanuelle Pasa, Lyse P. C. Meira, Alex Pereira, Guilherme B. Ferreira, Fernando F. de Pinho, Liana M. M. Sena, Vinícius R. de Morais, Micheli Ribeiro Luiz, Vitor E. C. Moura, Marina O. Favarini, Karla P. G. Leal, Paulo G. C. Wagner, Maurício C. dos Santos, James Sanderson, Elienê P. Araújo, Flávio H. G. Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52379-8