🐈Jaguarundi
The jaguarundi ; or is a wild cat native to the Americas. Its range extends from central Argentina in the south and much of South America east of the Andes, through Central America, and into northern Mexico. It occurred in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in south Texas as recently as the early 1990s but is now believed to be extirpated from the US. The jaguarundi is a medium-sized cat of slender build. Its coloration is uniform with two color morphs, gray and red. It has an elongated body, with relatively short legs, a small, narrow head, small, round ears, a short snout, and a long tail, resembling mustelids in these respects. It is about twice as large as a domestic cat, reaching nearly 360 mm (14 in) at the shoulder, and weighs 3.5–7 kg (7.7–15.4 lb).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2026.
- Body mass
- 7 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- 0.35 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 19 years
Everything we know about the Jaguarundi
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass7 kgAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Shoulder height0.35 mnot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
ADW: "Shoulder height is approximately 350 mm, and the weight ranges from 4.5 to 9.0 kg." Single approximate value, sex not stated.
Source: Animal Diversity Web, Puma yagouaroundi account, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Puma_yagouaroundi/ · see citation
Maximum lifespan19 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation73 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 2AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Jaguarundi yet: body length, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyFelidae
- ›genusPuma
- ›speciesPuma yagouaroundi
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyFelidae
- genusPuma
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyFelidae
- genusPuma
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