Herpailurus yagouaroundi (É. Geoffory Saint-Hilare, 1803)

Oliveira, Marcela Alvares & Calouro, Armando Muniz, 2020, Medium-sized and large mammals of the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractivist Reserve, Acre, Brazil, Check List 16 (1), pp. 127-136 : 132

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15560/16.1.127
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467522
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scientific name	Herpailurus yagouaroundi (É. Geoffory Saint-Hilare, 1803)
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Herpailurus yagouaroundi (É. Geoffory Saint-Hilare, 1803) View in CoL , Jaguarundi

Record. Recorded by hunter interviews (09°12.947′S, 068°56.955′W).

Identification. The coloration is distinct, without patches. The head is small, narrow, and flattened, with small, rounded ears. The body is slight and elongated, with a long tail and relatively short legs ( Oliveira 1998).

References

Oliveira TG (1998) Herpailurus yagouaroundi. Mammalian Species 578 (1): 1 - 6. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3504500

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
Family	Felidae
Genus	Herpailurus

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