Кодкод: Оңтүстік Анд тауларының шағын мысығы

Small wild cat
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| name = Kodkod
| image = Leopardus guigna. jpeg
| status = VU
| status system = IUCN3.1
| status ref =
| status2 = CITES A2
| status2 system = CITES
| status2 ref =
| range map = Guigna distribution. jpg
| range map caption =Distribution of the Guigna, 2015 Weight ranges between .

The melanistic phenotype is caused by the deletion of a single cysteine residue at position 126 of Agouti signaling protein. This disrupts one of the four disulphide bonds in the normal protein, altering its tertiary structure and reducing its ability to bind to the melanocortin 1 receptor. Normally this interaction upregulates the production of orange pheomelanin and downregulates the production of black eumelanin, however, in the mutated form, this interaction is prevented, resulting in darker coat color than normal.

The kodkod is strongly associated with mixed temperate rainforests of the southern Andean and coastal ranges, particularly the Valdivian and Araucaria forests of Chile, which is characterized by the presence of bamboo in the understory. It prefers evergreen temperate rainforest habitats to deciduous temperate moist forests, sclerophyllous scrub and coniferous forests. It is tolerant of altered habitats, being found in secondary forest and shrub as well as primary forest, and on the fringes of settled and cultivated areas. In Argentina, it has been recorded from moist montane forest, which has Valdivian temperate rain forest characteristics, including a multi layered structure with bamboo, and numerous lianas and epiphytes.

Kodkods are equally active during the day and during the night, although they only venture into open terrain under the cover of darkness. During the day, they rest in dense vegetation in ravines, along streams with heavy cover, and in piles of dead gorse. They are excellent climbers, and easily able to climb trees more than a meter in diameter. They are terrestrial predators of birds, lizards and rodents in the ravines and forested areas, feeding on southern lapwing, austral thrush, chucao tapaculo, huet huet, domestic geese and chicken.

The gestation period lasts about 72–78 days. The average litter size is one to three kittens. This species may live to be about 11 years old.

On May 15, 2020, National Geographic announced that the kodkod was the milestone 10,000th animal photographed for The Photo Ark, bringing the project about two thirds of the way toward completion.