Herpailurus yagouaroundi - #1294
Jaguarundi
Side view from above, feet and tail visible. 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
USA, AZ, Pima Co., Tucson, Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum
Image Date
1988
Photographer
TL Best