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Gulf Coast Jaguarundi

The Gulf Coast Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi cacomitli) is a subspecies of Jaguarundi that ranges from southern Texas in the United States south to Veracruz and San Luis Potosí in eastern Mexico.[3] This cat looks like a large weasel or otter with a coat in one one three color phases: black, reddish-brown or brownish-gray.[4] Darker varieties tend to be found in darker places, like forests, than those who are lighter in hue, which prefer more open areas.[5]

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Habitat

The Gulf Coast Jaguarundi can be found in the Western Gulf coastal grasslands, Tamaulipan mezquital, and Tamaulipan matorral.[6] Its preferred habitat are regions of dense, thorny scrub, especially near water,[3] composed of plants such as Spiny Hackberry (Celtis pallida), Brazilian Bluewood (Condalia hookeri), Desert Yaupon (Schaefferia cuneifolia), Berlandier's Wolfberry (Lycium berlandieri), Lotebush (Ziziphus obtusifolia), Texas Goatbush (Castela erecta), Whitebrush (Aloysia gratissima), Catclaw Acacia (Acacia greggii), Blackbrush Acacia (Acacia rigidula), Velvetleaf Lantana (Lantana velutina), Texas Lignum-vitae (Guaiacum angustifolium), Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens), Elbowbush (Forestiera pubescens), and Texas Persimmon (Diospyros texana).[4]

Threats

Recently, it has been suggested by some environmentalists that the Jaguarundi, and many other fauna unique to Southern Texas, will be severely threatened if a proposed 16 foot wall is constructed along segments of the Mexico•United States border.[7]

References

  1. ^ Wozencraft, W. Christopher (16 November 2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". in Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 545. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
  2. ^ Cat Specialist Group (1996). Herpailurus yaguarondi ssp. cacomitli. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
  3. ^ a b "Puma yagouaroundi cacomitli". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Puma%20yagouaroundi%20cacomitli. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  4. ^ a b "Jaguarundi" (PDF). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_w7000_0013_jaguarundi.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  5. ^ "Gulf Coast jaguarundi (Herpailurus (=Felis) yagouaroundi cacomitli)". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/SpeciesReport.do?spcode=A05H. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  6. ^ "Fauna Silvestre Presente en el Estado de Nuevo Leon" (in Spanish) (PDF). Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources. http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/estados/nuevoleon/Documents/Recursos%20Naturales%20y%20Vida%20Silvestre/FAUNA%20SILVESTRE%20DEL%20ESTADO%20DE%20NUEVO%20LEON.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  7. ^ Bustillo, Miguel (17 October 2007). "Wildlife at border may lose sanctuary". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/la-na-fence17oct17,0,3047471.story?coll=la-home-center.

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