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title: "Yaguarundí"
description: "Herpailurus yagouaroundi — Mamíferos. The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi); or is a wild cat native to the Americas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/jaguarundi
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yaguarundí

> Herpailurus yagouaroundi — Mamíferos. The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi);  or  is a wild cat native to the Americas.

- Scientific name: *Herpailurus yagouaroundi*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 1755
- Wikidata: [Q27450846](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27450846)
- iNaturalist taxon: [197781](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/197781)

## Names

- en: Jaguarundi
- de: Jaguarundi
- es: Yaguarundí
- fr: Jaguarondi

## Countries with the most observations

MX (368), BR (330), CO (143), EC (87), CR (76), AR (69), HN (50), PA (31), BO (26), SV (25), PE (19), BZ (18)

## Summary

The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi);  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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguarundi

## Photo

![Yaguarundí](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jaguarundi/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61528105

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/jaguarundi?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).