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Jaguarundi

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Jaguarundi 

(Felis yaguarundí), a predatory mammal of the family Felidae. The body measures as much as 80 cm in length, and the tail as much as 60 cm; the height at the shoulder is about 35 cm. Jaguarundis have a short-haired coat that may be grayish brown or smoky gray in color and in some individuals is bright red. There are light spots at the sides of the nose and on the chest. The jaguarundi inhabits South and Central America, Mexico, and the extreme south of the USA. It keeps to forest margins and shrub thickets. It feeds mainly on fish, lizards, birds, and rodents. It bears two to three young. The animals sometimes harm poultry.
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Sixteen years later, Thomas Wright Moir Cameron (1894-1980), from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, rediscovered the adult tapeworm in a different South American felid, a jaguarundi (Felis yaguarondi), which had died at the London Zoo.
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Fifty-four mammal species include the howler monkey, spider monkey, anteater, three-toed sloth, armadillo, brown coati, paca, ocelot, jaguarundi, jaguar, Baird's tapir, white-upped peccary and white-tailed deer.
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Debi Willoughby of Jungle Encounters in Uxbridge is determined to use her shows to teach wildlife conservation and awareness of the world's 26 species of small wild cats - including the oncilla, mangay and jaguarundi - many of which are threatened by the destruction of their homes and human pollution.
Jungle creatures are library hit; Show teaches, raises funds by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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