Check List 9(6): 1596-1599, doi: 10.15560/9.6.1596
Leopardus pajeros (Desmarest, 1816) (Carnivora: Felidae) in Northern Peru: first record for the department of Piura, at the Mangroves San Pedro de Vice, and geographic extention
expand article infoÁlvaro García-Olaechea‡, César Chávez-Villavicencio§, Jorge Novoa Cova|
‡ Centro Neotropical de Entrenamiento en Humedales - Internacional (Chile) Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad, Peru§ Centro Neotropical de Entrenamiento en Humedales - Internacional, Chile| Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad, Peru

Corresponding author: Álvaro García-Olaechea ( agarcia@centroneotropical.org )

© 2017 Álvaro García-Olaechea, César Chávez-Villavicencio, Jorge Cova.
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Citation: García-Olaechea Á, Chávez-Villavicencio C, Cova J (2013) Leopardus pajeros (Desmarest, 1816) (Carnivora: Felidae) in Northern Peru: first record for the department of Piura, at the Mangroves San Pedro de Vice, and geographic extention. Check List 9(6): 1596-1599. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.6.1596
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Abstract
On October 1st, 2006, at the Mangroves San Pedro de Vice –MSPV (Sechura, Piura - Peru) the first visual record of Leopardus pajeros was made in the southern part of the area (05°31’09” S, 80°53’28” W). Subsequently, between August and December of 2010, different tracks were recorded. On December 4th, 2010, the first photographic record was taken at the MSPV with two nights/trap, being the first record for Piura department, the westernmost coordinates, the lowest altitude above sea level (0 m), and the first associated with a wetland in Peru.
Keywords
Mammalia; Carnivora; Felidae; new record; range extension; Peru; Piura department