Habitat

Despite being named after the Pampas, the Pampas Cat occurs in a wide range of habitats. In northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador it is found at altitudes between 1,800 and 5,000 metres (5,900 and 16,000 ft) in páramo, marginally also in puna and locally in dry forest.[3] Where its range overlaps with the Andean Mountain Cat in northwestern Argentina, it occurs at lower altitudes on average.[8] In central to northwestern Argentina the Pampas Cat is found at altitudes below 1,240 metres (4,070 ft) in grassland, mesophytic and dry forest, and shrubland.[3] In southern Argentina and far southern Chile it is found in Patagonian steppes and shrubland at altitudes below 1,100 metres (3,600 ft).