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Small wild cat

Kodkod Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] CITES Appendix II [1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Leopardus Species: L. guigna Binomial name Leopardus guigna (Molina, 1782)[2] Subspecies L. g. guigna (Molina, 1782) L. g. tigrillo (Schinz, 1844) Distribution of the Guigna, 2015[1] Synonyms Oncifelis guigna

The **kodkod** (***Leopardus guigna***), also called **güiña**, is the smallest [felid](/source/Felidae) species native to the [Americas](/source/Americas). It lives primarily in central and southern Chile, as well as marginally in adjoining areas of Argentina. Between 1996 and 2002, it was listed as [Vulnerable](/source/Vulnerable_species) on the [IUCN Red List](/source/IUCN_Red_List) as the total population was thought to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals; it is threatened by persecution, [habitat loss](/source/Habitat_loss) and prey base.

## Characteristics

The kodkod's fur color ranges from brownish-yellow to grey-brown. It has dark spots, a pale underside and a ringed tail. The ears are black with a white spot, while the dark spots on the shoulders and neck almost merge to form a series of dotted streaks. [Melanistic](/source/Melanism) kodkods with spotted black coats are quite common. It has a small head, large feet, and a thick tail. Adult kodkods are 37 to 51 cm (15 to 20 in) in head to body length with a short 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in) tail and a shoulder height of about 25 cm (9.8 in).[3] Weight ranges between 2 and 2.5 kg (4.4 and 5.5 lb).[4]

### Melanistic phenotype

Melanistic kodkod

The [melanistic](/source/Melanism) [phenotype](/source/Phenotype) is caused by the [deletion](/source/Deletion_(genetics)) of a single [cysteine](/source/Cysteine) [amino acid](/source/Amino_acid) at position 126 of [Agouti-signaling protein](/source/Agouti-signaling_protein). This disrupts one of the four [disulphide](/source/Disulphide) bonds in the normal protein, altering its [protein structure](/source/Protein_structure) and reducing its ability to bind to the [melanocortin 1 receptor](/source/Melanocortin_1_receptor).[5]

## Taxonomy

*Felis guigna* was the [scientific name](/source/Scientific_name) used in 1782 by [Juan Ignacio Molina](/source/Juan_Ignacio_Molina) who first [described](/source/Scientific_description) a kodkod from Chile.[6] *Felis tigrillo* was the name used in 1844 by [Heinrich Rudolf Schinz](/source/Heinrich_Rudolf_Schinz).[7]

The [genus](/source/Genus_(biology)) *[Leopardus](/source/Leopardus)* was proposed in 1842 by [John Edward Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), when he described two spotted cat skins from Central America and two from India in the collection of the [Natural History Museum, London](/source/Natural_History_Museum%2C_London).[8] The subgenus *Oncifelis* was proposed in 1851 by [Nikolai Severtzov](/source/Nikolai_Severtzov) with the [Geoffroy's cat](/source/Geoffroy's_cat) as [type species](/source/Type_species).[9][10] The kodkod was subordinated to *Leopardus* in 1958,[11] and to *Oncifelis* in 1978.[12]

Today, the genus *Leopardus* is widely recognized as [valid](/source/Valid_name_(zoology)), with two kodkod [subspecies](/source/Subspecies):[13]

- *L. g. guigna* (Molina, 1782) occurs in southern Chile and Argentina

- *L. g. tigrillo* (Schinz, 1844) occurs in central and northern Chile

## Distribution and habitat

The kodkod is strongly associated with mixed [temperate rainforests](/source/Temperate_rainforest) of the southern [Andean](/source/Andes) and coastal ranges, particularly the [Valdivian](/source/Valdivian_temperate_forests) and [Araucaria](/source/Araucaria) forests of Chile, which is characterized by the presence of [bamboo](/source/Bamboo) in the understory. It prefers [evergreen](/source/Evergreen) [temperate rainforest](/source/Temperate_rainforest) habitats to [deciduous](/source/Deciduous) temperate [moist forests](/source/Moist_forest), [sclerophyllous](/source/Sclerophyllous) scrub and [coniferous forests](/source/Coniferous_forest). It is tolerant of altered habitats, being found in secondary forest and shrub as well as primary forest, and on the fringes of settled and cultivated areas.[4] It ranges up to the treeline at approximately 1,900 m (6,200 ft).[14] In Argentina, it has been recorded from moist montane forest, which has [Valdivian temperate rain forest](/source/Valdivian_temperate_rain_forest) characteristics, including a multi-layered structure with bamboo, and numerous lianas and [epiphytes](/source/Epiphytes).[15]

## Ecology and behavior

An alert Guigna (Kodkod)

Kodkods are equally active during the day and during the night, although they only venture into open terrain under the cover of darkness. During the day, they rest in dense vegetation in ravines, along streams with heavy cover, and in piles of dead [gorse](/source/Gorse). They are excellent climbers, and easily able to climb trees more than a meter in diameter. They are terrestrial predators of [birds](/source/Bird), [lizards](/source/Lizard) and [rodents](/source/Rodent) in the ravines and forested areas, feeding on [southern lapwing](/source/Southern_lapwing), [austral thrush](/source/Austral_thrush), [chucao tapaculo](/source/Chucao_tapaculo), [huet-huet](/source/Huet-huet), domestic [geese](/source/Goose) and [chicken](/source/Chicken).[3]

Male kodkods maintain exclusive territories 1.1 to 2.5 km2 (0.42 to 0.97 sq mi) in size, while females occupy smaller ranges of just 0.5 to 0.7 km2 (0.19 to 0.27 sq mi).[16]

### Reproduction

The [gestation](/source/Gestation) period lasts about 72–78 days. The average litter size is one to three kittens. This species may live to be about 11 years old.[4]

## Threats

The kodkod is listed as [Least concern](/source/Least_concern) on the [IUCN Red List](/source/IUCN_Red_List) as the total population is greater than 10,000 mature individuals, though it was formerly [Vulnerable](/source/Vulnerable_species).[1] It is threatened foremost by [logging](/source/Logging), which entails the spread of [pine](/source/Pine) forest plantations and [agriculture](/source/Agriculture), particularly in central Chile.[4] In 1997 to 1998, two out of five [radio-collared](/source/Radio_telemetry) kodkods were killed on [Chiloé Island](/source/Chilo%C3%A9_Island) after raiding chicken coops.[17]

## References

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## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Leopardus guigna](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Leopardus_guigna).

[Wikispecies](/source/Wikispecies) has information related to ***[Oncifelis guigna](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oncifelis_guigna)***.

- ["*Leopardus guigna*"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180805233910/http://www.catsg.org/index.php?id=92). IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Archived from [the original](http://www.catsg.org/index.php?id=92) on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2014-12-15.

- ["Rare species of wild cat caught on camera for the first time"](https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/06/28/kodkod-patagonia-forest-origseriesfilms.cnn). CNN. 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-05.

- ["Kodkod, Chilean cat"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121111093640/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/47.shtml). BBC. Archived from [the original](https://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/47.shtml) on 2012-11-11.

- ["Hope for threatened 'little tiger cat'"](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42738079). BBC News.

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wiedii) Lynx Canada lynx (L. canadensis) Eurasian lynx (L. lynx) Iberian lynx (L. pardinus) Bobcat (L. rufus) Puma lineage Acinonyx Cheetah (A. jubatus) Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) Puma Cougar (P. concolor) Leopard cat lineage Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) Prionailurus Leopard cat (P. bengalensis) Sunda leopard cat (P. javanensis) Flat-headed cat (P. planiceps) Rusty-spotted cat (P. rubiginosus) Fishing cat (P. viverrinus) Felis Chinese mountain cat (F. bieti) Domestic cat (F. catus) Jungle cat (F. chaus) African wildcat (F. lybica) Sand cat (F. margarita) Black-footed cat (F. nigripes) European wildcat (F. silvestris) Viverroidea see below↓ Viverroidea Viverridae Palm civets Hemigalinae Owston's palm civet (Chrotogale owstoni) Otter civet (Cynogale bennettii) Hose's palm civet (Diplogale hosei) Banded palm civet (Hemigalus derbyanus) Paradoxurinae Binturong (Arctictis binturong) Small-toothed palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata) Sulawesi palm civet (Macrogalidia 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Culpeo (L. culpaeus) Darwin's fox (L. fulvipes) South American gray fox (L. griseus) Pampas fox (L. gymnocercus) Sechuran fox (L. sechurae) Hoary fox (L. vetulus) Canina (wolf-like canids) Lupulella Side-striped jackal (L. adustus) Black-backed jackal (L. mesomelas) Lycaon African wild dog (L. pictus) Dhole (Cuon alpinus) Canis Golden jackal (C. aureus) Domestic dog (C. familiaris) Coyote (C. latrans) African wolf (C. lupaster) Wolf (C. lupus) Eastern wolf (C. lycaon) Red wolf (C. rufus) Ethiopian wolf (C. simensis) Arctoidea Ursidae (bears) Ailuropoda Giant panda (A. melanoleuca) Tremarctos Spectacled bear (T. ornatus) Ursinae Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) Ursus American black bear (U. americanus) Asian black bear (U. thibetanus) Brown bear (U. arctos) Polar bear (U. maritimus) Mustelida Pinnipedia (seals) see below↓ Musteloidea see below↓ Pinnipedia (seals) Odobenidae Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) Otariidae (eared seals) Callorhinus (northern fur seals) Northern fur seal (C. ursinus) Otariinae (sea lions) Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) Zalophus California sea lion (Z. californianus) Galápagos sea lion (Z. wollebaeki) South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) Neophoca Australian sea lion (N. cinerea) New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) Arctocephalus (southern fur seals) South American fur seal (A. australis) Australasian fur seal (A. forsteri) Galápagos fur seal (A. galapagoensis) Antarctic fur seal (A. gazella) Juan Fernández fur seal (A. philippii) Brown fur seal (A. pusillus) Guadalupe fur seal (A. townsendi) Subantarctic fur seal (A. tropicalis) Phocidae (earless seals or true seals) Phocinae ("northern seals") Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) Phocini Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) Ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Phoca Spotted seal (P. largha) Harbor seal (P. vitulina) Pusa Caspian seal (P. caspica) Ringed seal (P. hispida) Baikal seal (P. sibirica) Monachinae ("southern seals") Monachini (monk seals) Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) Neomonachus Hawaiian monk seal (N. schauinslandi) Mirounga (elephant seals) Northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris) Southern elephant seal (M. leonina) Lobodontini (Antarctic seals) Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossi) Musteloidea Ailuridae Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) Mephitidae (skunks) Conepatus (hog-nosed skunks) Molina's hog-nosed skunk (C. chinga) Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk (C. humboldtii) American hog-nosed skunk (C. leuconotus) Striped hog-nosed skunk (C. semistriatus) Mephitis Hooded skunk (M. macroura) Striped skunk (M. mephitis) Mydaus (stink badgers) Sunda stink badger (M. javanensis) Palawan stink badger (M. marchei) Spilogale (spotted skunks) Southern spotted skunk (S. angustifrons) Western spotted skunk (S. gracilis) Eastern spotted skunk (S. putorius) Pygmy spotted skunk (S. pygmaea) Procyonidae Kinkajou (Potos flavus) Bassariscus Ringtail (B. astutus) Cacomistle (B. sumichrasti) Procyon (raccoons) Crab-eating raccoon (P. cancrivorus) Raccoon (P. lotor) Cozumel raccoon (P. pygmaeus) Bassaricyon (olingos) Eastern lowland olingo (B. alleni) Northern olingo (B. gabbii) Western lowland olingo (B. medius) Olinguito (B. neblina) Nasuina (coatis) Nasua White-nosed coati (N. narica) South American coati (N. nasua) Nasuella (mountain coatis) Eastern mountain coati (N. meridensis) Western mountain coati (N. olivacea) Mustelidae see below↓ Mustelidae Mustelidae American badger (Taxidea taxus) Mellivora Honey badger (M. capensis) Melinae Arctonyx (hog badgers) Northern hog badger (A. albogularis) Greater hog badger (A. collaris) Sumatran hog badger (A. hoevenii) Meles (Eurasian badgers) Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Caucasian badger (M. canescens) Asian badger (M. leucurus) European badger (M. meles) Melogale (ferret-badgers) Vietnam ferret-badger (M. cucphuongensis) Bornean ferret badger (M. everetti) Chinese ferret-badger (M. moschata) Javan ferret-badger (M. orientalis) Burmese ferret-badger (M. personata) Formosan ferret-badger (M. subaurantiaca) Guloninae Tayra (Eira barbara) Pekania Fisher (P. pennanti) Gulo Wolverine (G. gulo) Martes (martens) American marten (M. americana) Pacific marten (M. caurina) Yellow-throated marten (M. flavigula) Beech marten (M. foina) Nilgiri marten (M. gwatkinsii) European pine marten (M. martes) Japanese marten (M. melampus) Sable (M. zibellina) Ictonychinae Lyncodontini Patagonian weasel (Lyncodon patagonicus) Galictis (grisons) Lesser grison (G. cuja) Greater grison (G. vittata) Ictonychini (African polecats) Vormela Marbled polecat (V. peregusna) African striped weasel (Poecilogale albinucha) Ictonyx Saharan striped polecat (I. libycus) Striped polecat (I. striatus) Lutrinae (otters) Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) Lontra North American river otter (L. canadensis) Marine otter (L. felina) Neotropical otter (L. longicaudis) Southern river otter (L. provocax) Enhydra Sea otter (E. lutris) Spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis) Lutra Eurasian otter (L. lutra) Hairy-nosed otter (L. sumatrana) Lutrogale Smooth-coated otter (L. perspicillata) Aonyx African clawless otter (A. capensis) Asian small-clawed otter (A. cinereus) Congo clawless otter (A. congicus) Mustelinae Neogale (New World weasels) Amazon weasel (N. africana) Colombian weasel (N. felipei) Long-tailed weasel (N. frenata) American mink (N. vison) Mustela (weasels) subgenus Mustela (paraphyletic) Sichuan weasel (M. aistoodonnivalis) Mountain weasel (M. altaica) Stoat/Beringian ermine (M. erminea) Haida ermine (M. haidarum) Yellow-bellied weasel (M. kathiah) Least weasel (M. nivalis) American ermine (M. richardsonii) subgenus Lutreola (paraphyletic) Japanese weasel (M. itatsi) European mink (M. lutreola) Indonesian mountain weasel (M. lutreolina) Malayan weasel (M. nudipes) Siberian weasel (M. sibirica) Back-striped weasel (M. strigidorsa) subgenus Putorius Steppe polecat (M. eversmannii) Ferret (M. furo) Black-footed ferret (M. nigripes) European polecat (M. putorius) See also: Mink Polecat

Taxon identifiers Leopardus guigna Wikidata: Q211042 Wikispecies: Leopardus guigna ADW: Oncifelis_guigna BOLD: 747570 CoL: 3T789 EoL: 1053887 GBIF: 2434923 iNaturalist: 74482 ITIS: 726253 IUCN: 15311 MDD: 1005997 MSW: 14000093 NCBI: 61386 Paleobiology Database: 224073 Species+: 7534 Xeno-canto: Leopardus-guigna Felis guigna Wikidata: Q109647289 GBIF: 9440826 ZooBank: 43A435B0-FD90-4EF2-BA06-64F9FA10B691

Authority control databases: National Israel

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