PERIPHERAL MAMMALS 



A peripheral species or subspecies is one whose occurrence in the United States is at the 

 edge of its natural range and which is threatened with extinction within the United States 

 although not in its range as a whole. Special attention is necessary to assure retention 

 in our Nation's fauna. 



Coatimundi or Chula, Nasua narica molaris 



Southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Subject to epidemics and periodic 

 fluctuations in population. 



Jaguar, Felis onca veraecrucis 



Eastern and southeastern Mexico north to central Texas. 



Jaguarundi , Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli 



Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, north to extreme southern Texas. Reported 

 seen at Piatt National Park in Oklahoma. 



Ocelot, Felis pardalis albescens 



Northeastern Mexico into northern Texas. 



Margay, Felis wiedii cooperi 



Northeastern Mexico into southeastern Texas . 



Woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou 



Northern Great Lakes States to Hudson Bay, Canada. 



Mountain caribou, Rangifer tarandus montanus 



Pacific Northwest, United States, to British Columbia, Canada. A transient 

 group of 25 to 100 in extreme northern Idaho and Washington. 



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