Felis Pajeros Pampas Cat

by Joseph Wolf

$1,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A very fine image from 'the best animal painter who ever lived' Sir Edwin Landseer . The `Pampas Cat Felis colocolo... inhabits open grasslands, scrub and mountainous areas in South America from Ecuador south and east to Chile and Patagonia. The scientific name pajeros used by Elliot comes from the Spanish for straw because these cats often live in reed-beds. Favoured prey are small mammals such as cavies, but also birds and reptiles. Roughly the same size as a domestic cat:

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