Officially, there are no jaguarundi in Florida as the map below shows:
Anecdotally, you will hear about sightings of jaguarundi in Florida from time to time. Perhaps there are some in this sunny state because they were released from a private zoo.
These are the countries at 2014 (the latest information available) where this small wild cat is found:
Argentina; Belize; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.
That’s about all I can say on the matter if I stick to answering the question.
THERE ARE MANY MORE ARTICLES ON THIS STRANGE LOOKING SMALL WILD CAT SPECIES ON THIS SITE:
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They are definitely in Florida. I’ve seen them here in Hernando County. There’s also huge populations in Texas that came up through South America. Some may have escaped from a zoo, but animals migrate where there’s food. They are 100% here in Florida. It’s amazing that I googled it and it has been very misleading. Facts are, they are here in Florida in the wild.