Herpailurus yagouaroundi - #1570
Jaguarundi
Side view of front half, reclining. Formerly Puma yagouaroundi.
Geographic Distribution
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, USA (Arizona, Texas, Florida – introduced), Venezuela. Recently extinct in Uruguay.
Order/Family
Felidae
Genus
Herpailurus
Specific Epithet
yagouaroundi
Image Location
Venezuela, Turmero, Leslie Pantin Zoo
Image Date
1994
Photographer
RD Lord