JAGUARUNDI 



Felts yagouaroundi Geoffroy 



KINGDOM Animalia 



CLASS Mammalia 



ORDER Carnivora 



FAMILY Felidae 



OTHER COMMON 



NAMES eyra, ottercat, ghost cat 



DATE 



Entered into SWIS to be determined 



Updates 31 July 1978 



LEGAL STATUS 



Federal: Endangered (F. y. cacomitli, F. y. 

 fossata, F. y . panamensis, F.y. tolteca) 

 (41 FR 24064; 14 June 1976). 



States: Endangered: Texas (F. y. cacomitli). 



REASONS FOR CURRENT STATUS 



Human persecution and habitat loss due to 

 intense habitat alteration and destruction, partic- 

 ularly brush-clearing operations (Culbertson and 

 Schmidly 1974, Davis 1974). However, recent 

 data may indicate a range extension in southern 

 Texas (Goodwyn 1970, Brownlee 1978). 



PRIORITY INDEX 



Not assigned. 



DESCRIPTION 



A small, slender-bodied, weasel-like cat 0.8 to 

 1.3m long, and weighing 5.6 to 7.6kg. It is some- 

 what larger than a housecat, with a longer tail and 

 unusually short legs. Primarily there are two color 

 phases - gray and red - with black animals occuring 

 in the southern part of its range. In the gray phase, 

 upper parts are grizzled (salt and pepper) with 



