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Jaguarundi The jaguarundi ("Puma yagouaroundi") ( ) or eyra cat is a small wild cat native to southern North America and South America. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2002. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain. The megareserves of the Amazon Basin are probably the only conservation units that can sustain long-term viable populations.
Jaguarundi The jaguarundi is found from southern Texas and coastal Mexico in the north, through Central and South America east of the Andes, and as far south as northern Argentina. Its habitat is lowland brush areas close to a source of running water, and may include any habitat from dry thorn forest to wet grassland. While commonly found in the lowlands, they have been reported at elevations as high as . Jaguarundis also occasionally inhabit dense tropical areas.
Jaguarundi Jaguarundis are primarily diurnal, being active during the day rather than evenings or night. They are comfortable in trees, but prefer to hunt on the ground. They will eat almost any small animal they can catch, typically catching a mixture of rodents, small reptiles, and ground-feeding birds. They have also been observed to kill larger prey, such as rabbits, and opossums; relatively unusual prey include fish and even marmosets. Like many other cats, they also include a small amount of vegetation and arthropods in their diets.
Jaguarundi The two color phases were once thought to represent two distinct species: the grey one called jaguarundi, and the red one called eyra.
Jaguarundi In some Spanish-speaking countries, the jaguarundi is also called "gato colorado", "gato moro", "león brenero", "onza", "tigrillo", and "leoncillo". The Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation of its common English and Portuguese name is . It is also called "gato-mourisco", "eirá", "gato-preto", and "maracajá-preto" in Portuguese. Jaguarundi comes from Old Tupi "yawaum'di".