| Jaguarundi is an interesting feline. It
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| | Texas, New Mexico and Florida. Various
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| is unlike any other cat in its
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| | subspecies are recognized - based upon
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| appearance, resembling an otter, with its
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| | geographical distribution.
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| small head, short rounded ear, elongated
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| | Puma Yaguarondi Armeghinoi - Chile and
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| body and tail supported by small legs.
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| | Argentina
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| Rightly, it has often been called 'Otter
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| | Puma Yaguarondi Cacomitli - Mexico and
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| cat'. It may weigh from six to twenty
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| | Texas
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| pounds and is around forty inches long -
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| | Puma Yaguarondi Eyra - Argentina, Brazil
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| excluding a twenty inch tail.
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| | and Paraguay
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| Unlike most other felines, the
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| | Puma Yaguarondi Fossata - Honduras and
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| Jaguarundi, Puma Yaguarondi, has a
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| | Mexico
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| completely uniformly colored coat. Cubs
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| | Puma Yaguarondi Melantho - Brazil and
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| are spotted at birth like those of lions,
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| | Peru
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| but with time the spots disappear to give
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| | Puma Yaguarondi Panamensis - Ecuador and
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| a coloration ranging from grayish brown
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| | Nicaragua
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| to red. Previously the color variations
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| | Puma Yaguarondi Tolteca - Arizona and
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| were attributed to unique species of this
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| | Mexico
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| cat - but now it is understood that they
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| | Puma Yaguarondi Yaguarondi - Guyana and
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| are a normal trait of the Jaguarundi -
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| | the Amazon
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| with different colored cubs found in the
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| | Predominantly a solitary predator,
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| same litter. Genetically the Jaguarundi
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| | Jaguarundi may be seen to travel in pairs
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| resembles the Jaguar and the Cougar, with
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| | or come together in bringing up of the
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| a similar chromosomal number.
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| | young. The average litter size is one to
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| Though highly adaptable, the natural
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| | four, born after a pregnancy lasting for
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| habitat of this wild cat is dense forest
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| | nearly two and a half months. The young
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| and shrub area. It is an adept fish
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| | are introduced to regular food at six
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| hunter and is usually found near water
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| | weeks and gain maturity at around two
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| courses. Birds are frequently preyed
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| | years. In captivity Jaguarundi has been
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| upon, as are rodents, small reptiles,
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| | known to live for up to fifteen years. In
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| frog and domestic poultry - something
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| | the wild the Jaguarundi is seldom sought
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| that often brings conflict with farmers.
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| | for its fur - something that's
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| It's a good tree climber and a diurnal
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| | fortunately not in high demand amongst
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| hunter. The predatory profile varies
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| | traders. The primary danger to this
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| according to habitat as does its color -
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| | unique wild cat is through deforestation
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| with paler variations found more in dry
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| | and habitat destruction - largely due to
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| open areas and darker color seen in cats
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| | human intervention in nature!
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| living in thickly forested parts.
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| | The author is a blogger about cats and an
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| Predominantly found in Mexico and South
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| | expert on jaguarundi.
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| America, Jaguarundi has been seen in
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