Jaguarundi
Herpailurus yagouaroundi
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 832
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi); or is a wild cat native to the Americas. Its range extends from central Argentina in the south and much of South America east of the Andes, through Central America, and into northern Mexico. It occurred in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in south Texas as recently as the early 1990s but is now believed to be extirpated from the US.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Jaguarundi”.