IUCN downgrades guiña threat status, prompting conservation warning

Mongabay
Oct 10, 2025, 10:34 am258 ptsTop
The guiña, a small cat species found only in Chile and northern Argentina, has just been reclassified as of least concern by the IUCN. Until recently it was listed as vulnerable to extinction. Normally such a downgrading in threat status would be cause for celebration, but in this case some conservationists…

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