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, in fact.
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| Jaguarundi in the wild |
The Smithsonian say that although this individual cat has a near black cat, the color varies significantly. This picture was taken by a camera trap (camera operated by the cat moving in front of the camera and setting it off) in the Amazon rain forest.
The next jaguarundi picture is nice to. It was taken by jeanneconstantine (Flickr username) in Belize Zoo. Belize is in Central America. This cat was about to be fed and apparently making, “keck keck hiss sounds”, according to the photographer.
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| Jaguarundi at Belize Zoo |
Finally, in this short post on the Jaguarundi picture, I would like to present a head and shoulders close up. This shows the non-typical face/head shape of this cat and the massively ticked coat. Ticking is caused by the presence of the agouti gene.
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| Jaguarundi close up showing ticked coat- photo by Márcio Motta |
People in some parts of America that are positively hundreds and more miles outside the accepted range of this cat think they have sighted it. There are fairly frequent sightings. Are these escaped pet Jaguarundis that have survived in the wild in suitable habitats such as Florida?
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Hi Laurie. It is seems quite possible because this wild cat species is quite often seen or thought to have been seen in the southern states. Florida being the state where there are more sightings. Thanks for sharing.
My daughter and son in law believe they saw a jaguarundi early in the morning outside their cabin in Williams Arizona
Thanks Barbara. Other people have reported sightings of jaguarundis in Florida. I find it believable.
Thanks Barbara for recording that sighting.
We spotted what we belive is a Jagurandi in the savanna’s basiciy my back yard. F.T. Pierce Fla. On M onday 3-10-14 6:pm still light out.
My nieghbor is very sure he saw a jaguarandi in the fire lane. We live off of the Savanna’s F.T. Pierce, Florida 34982 He and his wife saw a wild cat on 3/10/14 6:oopm still light out. He reported it to local authorities and they said by the discription he gave that it was a Jaguarandi. What is your responce to that?