Guatemala’s rainforests support a remarkable diversity of cat species, including jaguars, pumas, ocelots, and the lesser-known margays. It’s unusual to have so many medium to large predators in one ecosystem, let alone from one family, and now scientists have worked out how they manage. Two species follow Michelle Obama’s philosophy: “When they go low, we go high”. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

It’s common for ecosystems to feature several species of herbivore with similar diets, and sometimes they benefit from each other’s presence . Multiple carnivores find it harder to co-exist, and the larger they are, the less chance there is of more than two occupying the same space. Exceptions are always interesting to scient

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