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Puma yagouaroundi (Jaguarundi)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The jaguarundi (/ˌʒæɡwəˈrʌndi/ ZHAG-wə-RUN-dee) or eyra cat (Puma yagouaroundi) is a small wild cat native to Central and South America. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as Least Concern, although they considered it likely that no conservation units beyond the megareserves of the Amazon Basin could sustain long-term viable populations. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain.
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Infraspecies

Puma yagouaroundi ameghinoi
Puma yagouaroundi cacomitli (Gulf Coast jaguarundi)
Puma yagouaroundi eyra
Puma yagouaroundi fossata
Puma yagouaroundi melantho
Puma yagouaroundi panamensis
Puma yagouaroundi tolteca
Puma yagouaroundi yagouaroundi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.64
EDGE Score: 2.75
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  15.432 lbs (7.00 kg)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Endothermic [2]  80 %
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 2 months
Gestation [1]  73 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  19 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [4]  29 inches (74 cm)

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Citations

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♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 5Herpailurus yagouaroundi, Tadeu G. de Oliveira, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 578, pp. 1-6 (1998)
♦ 6Callithrix pygmaea, Wendy R. Townsend, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 665, pp. 1–6 (2001)
♦ 7Agouti paca, Elizabeth M. Pérez, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 404, pp. 1-7 (1992)
♦ 8Movement patterns and food habits of four sympatric carnivore species in Belize, Central America, Michael John Konecny, Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy, 1984:243-264
♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 10Nasua nasua, Matthew E. Gompper and Denise M. Decker, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 580, pp. 1-9 (1998)
♦ 11Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 12International Flea Database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0