Herpailurus yagouaroundi - #3656

Jaguarundi
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, Aragua state, Turmero, Leslie Pantin zoo
Image Date
6 July 2000
Photographer
RD Lord