Jaguarundi

By Miss Cellania in Animals & Pets on Jun 20, 2009 at 11:38 am

The Texas jaguarundi is a small endangered wildcat that lives along the border between Texas and Mexico. The jaguarundi was put on the federal endangered species list in 1976, but the Department of the Interior has never formulated a plan to protect the cat, as required under the Endangered Species Act.

Two types of the endangered species call south Texas their home, the Gulf Coast jaguarundi and the Sinaloan jaguarundi. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, they are larger than a domestic cat and have small ears, long, narrow bodies with short legs and flattened heads and tails. They generally look more like an otter or a weasel than a cat. They make their homes, according to the lawsuit, in the “dense thorny mesquite, cacti and cat claw thickets of southern Texas.”

One commenter said the jaguarundi looks like a cross between a cat and a mossy tree. Link -via Digg

(image credit: blueskull611)

Tags: endangered, jaguarundi, Texas, wildcat

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Screen Sleuth
Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
They’re sorta ugly, I know only that about them. And mean looking.
nxsus6
Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
They are really crazy looking…Do an image search. they look mean.
SenorMysterioso
Jun 20th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Im wearing my jaguar undies right now
Tim Giachetti
Jun 20th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Aww, I’ll getz him many chzbrgrs.
Alex
Jun 20th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
With apologies to blueskull611:
Vonskippy
Jun 20th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Yes, lets all applaud the tree huggers for suing the government to “protect” another useless species. Perhaps they’ve read in the paper – the human species is the one they best be worrying about.
Mytake
Jun 20th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Funny-looking fellow.
Justin
Jun 20th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
I’m glad we have vonskippy here to tell us what species are “useless” and what aren’t. I’m guessing if he doesn’t eat it then he believes they have no use in this world. (aside from humans I hope)

I hate to break it to you von, but there are plenty of people who hunt and fish on the one hand but are passionate conservationists on the other hand. You don’t have to be a vegetarian tree-hugger to want to promote a healthy ecosystem.
Vonskippy
Jun 20th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Sure Justin, explain that to the thousands of home owners that can’t develop their land because of a 2cm guppy that lives in the underground stream, or the taxpayers in Colorado who can’t finish a needed irrigation/drainage system because it upsets the breeding pattern of a grouse. The myth that Humans can save all these species that have failed the “evolve or die” Mother Nature test is just plain stupid. The fact that the government tried to impose laws that put obscure and useless species ABOVE human needs is pure politics and has ZERO chance of making any type of positive impact over the long run. Lets see how these laws (and useless species) survive when there’s 500 million people in N. America instead of 300 million. In the mean time, stop wasting my tax money on programs/laws that are doomed to fail.
zav
Jun 20th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Sweet jesus Vonskippy, I suspect you have a biology major and are able to identify and quantify just which species are useless and why? Please elaborate and inform us.
Wes
Jun 20th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Unfortunately, Dr. Skippy, most endangered animals got that way through no fault of their own, but by the ever-increasing human population’s “need” to develop more and more land with no consideration for the ecology affected. I mean, it’s pretty tough for a species to evolve in just a few decades so it can survive the theft of its habitat.
Thomas
Jun 21st, 2009 at 11:31 am
Vonskippy — I’m not sure if you’ve ever driven across America. Or flown across. Or looked at a population density map. ITS A BIG PLACE. Huge, in fact. With most of the middle areas having extremely low population density. To say that Montana and the Dakotas are going to run out of space any time soon is absurd.

Also about that “myth” regarding our inability to save endangered species: nobody tell the bald eagle.
Him
Jun 21st, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Wow vonskippy, I was wondering when you’d mention that it was the animal’s home first and that humans ran them out, or that we’re responsible, we should clean up the mess, but I guess you forgot.
Beakmen world
Jun 21st, 2009 at 3:14 pm
fact,do you know cats enjoys chopping down on bugs including your favor cockroaches;just for the protien alone.fact there is more cats lovers than dog lovers.Hey guys.The most important thing that the human species need to know is that”We can’t save them all”.remember fellows,we are the new dinosuar and we are next.food for thougth.many species have came and gone even by the condition of humans or by nature.So, do you really know how many species,have came and gone.I,m Beakmen and I say enjoy while you can.
Beakmen world
Jun 21st, 2009 at 3:45 pm
fact,do you know cats enjoy chopping down on bugs including your favor cockroaches.fact do you know that there are more cats lovers than dog lovers.Hey guys,the most important thing that you need to know is that “We can’t save them all”.listen up my fellow readers.many species will come and go,even by the hands of humans or nature;so be honest with yourself how can you stop that,even after you gone.remember,we are the new dinosuar of this age and we’re next.I’m beakmen and I say,enjoy it while you still can.
Him
Jun 21st, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Vonskippy’s opinion: Creatures that matter: Humans.
Creatures that don’t: Everything else.
enrique gonzalez
Aug 22nd, 2009 at 10:42 am
tuve la oportunidad de ver un jaguarundi en nov 28 2008 en la sierra madre cerca de muzquiz coahuila mexico la hora ,la posicion,las condiciones climaticas me fueron favorables para verlo por mas de 5 minutos experiencia inolvidable para compartirla

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