> And they said, ‘I don’t know! My grandpa called it tilcayo, so I call it tilcayo.
I'm curious if the locals knew it was distinct from other similar species, e.g. Oncilla/L. tigrinus, or if tilcayo is the locals' name for a broader set of 2+ visually similar species?
Update: The name tilcayo has been associated with oncilla by a bolivian government survey of fauna: <a href="https://repositorio.uasb.edu.bo/items/0e30ad14-971b-4d99-9aa4-f85359222a1b" rel="nofollow">https://repositorio.uasb.edu.bo/items/0e30ad14-971b-4d99-9aa...
hatthew · · focus · HN ↗
I'm curious if the locals knew it was distinct from other similar species, e.g. Oncilla/L. tigrinus, or if tilcayo is the locals' name for a broader set of 2+ visually similar species?
hatthew · · focus · HN ↗