Distribución Potencial de Tres Géneros de Felinos Puma (Jardine, 1834), Leopardus (Gray, 1842) y Herpailurus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) bajo un Modelo de Alteración Antrópica y Bioclimática en Colombia
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In Colombia there are few studies on the potential distribution of felines and the state of their populations, which have decreased in recent years by human activities such as logging, agricultural activity, mining among others, for this the present work intends evaluate and compare the potential distribution of three genera of Puma, Leopardus and Herpailurus felids under an anthropogenic and bioclimatic disturbance model for recent years and the future year 2070, in order to establish the potential distribution maps of each species in recent years and the future year 2070; the records of presences were taken from the literature and from online databases such as GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) and SiB (Information System on Biodiversity of Colombia); for the realization of the work, programs such as Maxent, QGIS and Phyton were used; 10 climatic variables were used Bio 1, Bio 2, Bio 3, Bio 4, Bio 5, Bio 6, Bio 12, Bio 13, Bio 14, Bio 15, taken from WorldClim Bioclimatic and some anthropic as land use (livestock and agroforestry ) mining, oil wells and human populations in order to know the impact caused by human activities and climate change on feline populations; the results for recent years show habitat suitability below 0.8 and presence percentages below 0.2% for all species studied, only two species L. wiedii (1.77%) and P. concolor (1.70%) had small areas with habitats acceptable for their survival, in the future scenarios of the year 2070 (RCP 4.5, RCP 6.0, RCP 8.5) only two species H .yagouarundi and L. tigrinus, had some suitable areas for their presence, evidencing the possible extinctions of felines that may occur in the future due to anthropogenic activities and climate change; In view of this, more studies are needed on the autoecology of these cats that fulfill important ecological roles such as predators, bioindicators and umbrella species, this work is expected to contribute to future studies on protected areas and the generation of biological corridors that communicate feline populations.