THE YAGHAEUADI CAT. 
-Felts yaguarundi. 
Plate Y. 
The Yaguarundi is one of the small group of American Cats distinguished by their uniform coloration and 
the round pupil of the eye. The well-known Puma commonly called the “American Lion” (Felts concolor), 
and the Eyra (Fells eyra), of which a figure has been already given in this work,* arc other members of the 
same division of this extensive genus. 
The Yaguarundi was first discovered by the Spanish Naturalist Don Felix d’Azara, who gave it the 
barbarous name it is usually known by, being the appellation bestowed upon it by the Guaranese Indians. In 
Paraguay, Azara tells us, this species of Cat inhabits the borders of woods and thickets, not venturing into 
open places, and climbing trees with facility. Mr. Darwin, during his celebrated voyage round the 
world, obtained an example of the Yaguarundi in the vicinity of liio de Janeiro, and gives an excellent 
figure of it in the volume devoted to the Mammals of his journey. Both Prince Max. of Neu-Wied and 
Professor Burmeister also include notices of it in their zoological works on Brazil. Schomburgk records' its 
occurrence in British Guiana, and Professor Baird states that it is found as far north as Texas, so that, like 
the Puma and the Eyra, it appears to have a very extensive range in the New World. 
The Yaguarundi is very rarely brought alive to Europe. The example from which Mr. Wolf’s sketch 
was taken was living in the Gardens in 1852. 
* Zool. Sketches, Ser. 1, pi. vi. 
