In 2019, the main threat to the jaguarundi is habitat loss and the fact that its distribution is fragmented and in these fragmented areas the population sizes are low. It is said that none of the conservation units (with one exception – the megareserves of the Amazon Basin) can sustain long term viable populations of …
The jaguarundi mainly feeds on prey weighing less than 1 kilogram such as rodents, birds and reptiles. Sometimes they eat larger animals such as armadillos, opossums and rabbits. As an opportunist hunter they may even take fish when and if the chance arises. They take what is available which explains why the proportions of prey …
The cat with the most pronounced ‘ticked coat’ is the jaguarundi, a small wild cat species. The picture of a jaguarundi on this page illustrates this extraordinarily ticked coat. The cat fancy (domestic cat breeders) use the term ‘ticked’ to describe an agouti coat in which each hair strand has color banding with black, brown …
Please turn your volume down before playing the video! This is a video of still photos of jaguarundi cubs with an audio track of the extraordinary sounds that they make. They are fighting over food. I have edited out some of the pauses to make the video more interesting and continous but the sounds are …
The jaguarundi is, “…most often seen in dense cover mixed with openings and edges”. From Paraguay (in the centre of South America and south of Brazil) to Texas (the far south of America and bordering Mexico) the jaguarundi lives amongst “thickets, scrub, dense brush, or chaparral (vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes). …
By Joshua Tonight, I saw what had to be a Jaguarundi. I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and hike daily because I live in the forest. At 5:45 pm, August 11 2016 – I was on my favorite trail when I walked upon a dead mouse, laying in the middle of a well manicured …
Jaguarundi Sighting Santa Cruz Mountains, California Read More »
The DNA of all domestic cats has no trace of any wild cat species other than the African wildcat (also Near Eastern wildcat and Arabian wildcat – felis silvestris lybica). However, 10,000 years ago, there were a number of other suitable wild cat candidates who could have become the ancestor of the modern-day domestic cat. …
The wild cat species who failed to become the domestic cat Read More »
This is a series of camera trap photographs of several species of wild cat. There is also a picture of a domestic cat in this series. The photographs of the jaguar, jaguarundi and ocelot were taken in Peru. The leopard cat and snow leopard were photographed in China. The domestic cat was photographed in New …
by President of the Loxahatchee Battlefield Preservationists (9060 Indiantown Rd. Jupiter, FL, 33478) Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park – High ground On April 7, 2012 at 13:00 hours two guests visiting Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park / Riverbend Park in Jupiter, Florida reported seeing a very strange wild cat. The couple who are Florida natives saw it …
Jaguarundi at the Loxahatchee River Battlefield Park? Read More »
The jaguarundi looks like a bit like a weasel or an otter at first glance. However, although this animal doesn’t look like a cat it definitely behaves like one. It has a long, low slung body. The hair strands are heavily ticked as in the Abyssinian purebred cat breed. Ticked hair is the hair of …
by Michael (London, UK) People ask to see a Jaguarundi picture. Although there are decent pictures of this interesting looking species of small wildcat on the main page (Jaguarundi) this page has some supplemental pictures. One of the best pictures comes from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. They have some special photographs of the wildcats generally, …
Return to Jaguarundi Curl | Go to Home Page Jaguarundi wildcat – photo by alumroot published under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs creative commons License (Flickr) See more Jaguarundi pictures
