Catálogo comportamental diurno y nocturno en leopardus wiedii en cautiverio en la fundación zoológico Santa Cruz, san Antonio del Tequendama - Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Abstract

For years, zoos, conservation centers and foundations have been protecting various wild species. To this extent, different tools have been used to increase their levels of well-being, often using very broad categorizations with respect to the species they manage and this affects the results obtained because they do not manage to fully satisfy the particular needs of each species in captivity. Leopardus wiedii has been catalogued for years as a small feline with similar behaviours and activities to other species, among them Leopardus pardalis and Puma yaguaroundi, this, as a consequence of the absence of a behavioural catalog specific to the species that provides accurate data about their circadian rhythms. This research seeks to provide a day and night behavioral catalog of Leopardus wiedii in captivity, in addition to establishing behavioral frequencies in the day and night. The field work resulted in a catalog with 26 behaviors in total, divided into 6 main categories. Later, it was also obtained an analysis of activity according to the presentation of behavioral frequencies in the day and night, showing finally the greater nocturnal activity of the Leopardus wiedii in the Santa Cruz Zoo, in San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca.