Jaguarundi Peru
Jaguarundi distribution per iucn red list as at dec 2014 latest information available.
Jaguarundi peru. It is possibly extirpated in the us. Information reprinted with permission from the iucn wild cats book. Its tail can be as long as one to two feet.
The jaguarundi is protected over much of its range and hunting is prohibited in argentina belize bolivia colombia costa rica french guiana guatemala honduras mexico panama paraguay suriname uruguay us. It is 3 to 4 feet in length from nose to the tip of its tail and 10 24 inches tall at the shoulders. The jaguarundi puma yagouaroundi syn.
Anecdotally you will hear about sightings of jaguarundi in florida from time to time. Jaguarundi travel responsible tour operator in colombia. A 1999 study refuted claims of sightings in arizona.
Perhaps there are some in this sunny state because they were released from a private zoo. People in the lower rio grande valley are working together to plant native shrubs and restore habitat for the jaguarundi ocelot migrating songbirds and other animals. The jaguarundi is fairly common in brazil peru and venezuela.
Habitat like the ocelot the jaguarundi is found in dense thorny shrublands. The last confirmed sighting in the us was probably of a roadkilled individual near brownsville texas in 1986. It weighs 12 18 pounds and has unspotted gray or reddish brown fur.
The jaguarundi is small cat that is a little bit larger than a house cat. They are not legally protected in brazil ecuador el salvador guyana or nicaragua. Herpailurus yaguarondi puma yagouaroundi jaguarondi otter cat jaguarundi also spelled jaguarondi puma yagouaroundi small unspotted new world cat family felidae also known as the otter cat because of its otterlike appearance and swimming ability.
The occurrence of the jaguarundi in florida has remained in doubt for decades. For the jaguarundi tigrina and geoffroys cat these recommendations were made because of limited space available the limited number of founders in these populations and limited potential for acquiring additional founders. The jaguarundi is a wild cat that occupies a broad range of habitat in the americas from the scrublands of the borderlands between the us and mexico through every major ecoregion of brazil and into southcentral argentina.