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An unprecedented and unprovoked attack by a free-ranging ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in the Peruvian Amazon |
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| Authors: | Patrick S Champagne Renata Leite Pitman Jesús Lescano Carter J Payne |
| Institution: | 1. Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada;2. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA;3. Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (SERFOR), Lima, Peru;4. Alliance for Research and Conservation in the Amazon, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru |
| Abstract: | We describe an incident of a wild ocelot that attacked a group of people in Southeastern Peru. Based on recorded evidence and scientific literature, we hypothesize disease affecting the central nervous system or human-induced trauma as possible explanations for this abnormal behavior. |
| Keywords: | carnivora Felidae human-wildlife interactions Leopardus ocelot Peru rabies rainforest |