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Jaguarundi
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Faimily: Felidae
Genus: Herpailurus
Species: H. yagouaroundi[1]
Binomial name
Herpailurus yagouaroundi[1]
Distribution o the Jaguarundi, 2015[2]
Synonyms

The jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi syn. Herpailurus yagouaroundi), cried eyra cat an aa, is a smaa-sized wild cat native tae Central an Sooth Americae. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as 'Least Concern', altho thay considered it likely that na conservation units beyond the megareserves o the Amazon basin could sustain lang-term viable populations. It is probably extinct in Texas. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain.[2]

In some Spainyie-speakin kintras, the jaguarundi is cried gato colorado, gato moro, león brenero, onza, tigrillo, an leoncillo an aa.[2] The Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation o its common Inglis an Portuguese name is IPA: [ʒɐgwɐɾũˈdʒi]. It is cried gato-mourisco, eirá, gato-preto, an maracajá-preto an aa in Portuguese. Jaguarundi comes frae Auld Tupi yawaum'di.[3]

References

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  1. Kitchener, A. C.; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C.; Eizirik, E.; et al. (2017). "A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group" (PDF). Cat News. Special Issue 11.
  2. a b c d Caso, A., Lopez-Gonzalez, C., Payan, E., Eizirik, E., de Oliveira, T., Leite-Pitman, R., Kelly, M., Valderrama, C. (2008). "Puma yagouaroundi". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |last-author-amp= (help)CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Ferreira, A.B.H. (1986) Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa. Segunda edição. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. P. 980

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