#0509 · 🦊 mammals

Jaguarundi

Herpailurus yagouaroundi

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ben Jobson · CC BY 4.0
2. © JUAN GABRIEL VILLABONA SILVA · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © avocat · CC BY 4.0
4. © gabriel_arroyo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Adeilson Melo · CC BY 4.0
6. © ig: @ferales__ ✨ · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Karl Hawkman Drakulfeith · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The jaguarundi ( Herpailurus yagouaroundi ; /ˌʒæɡwəˈrʌndi/) is a wild cat native to the Americas. Its range extends from central Argentina in the south to the US–Mexico border in the north, through Central and South America east of the Andes. The jaguarundi is a medium-sized cat of slender build.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,796iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).