Inger's 'sacred cats' are the Puma concolor

Aka cougar, mountain lion. Puma is the Quechua word for cougar. That is,
the Inca word.
She evidently found a cat fanciers site that said the Inca revered sacred
cats and decided that showed European influence. An indication of the
'scholarly nature' of her research.

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