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| Gulf coast jaguarundi recover plan (_Puma yagouaroundi cacomitli_) First Revision | |
| 2013 Full Book | |
The Gulf Coast jaguarundi (_Puma yagouaroundi cacomitli_) is listed as endangered throughout its range where it was historically distributed from the Lower Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas into the eastern portion of Mexico in the States of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, and Veracruz. The Gulf Coast jaguarundi is also listed as endangered by the State of Texas, and is considered threatened in Mexico. The last confirmed sighting of this subspecies within the U.S. was in April 1986, when a roadkill specimen was collected two miles east of Brownsville, Texas, and positively identified as a jaguarundi (USFWS 2012). Numerous unconfirmed sightings have been reported since then, including some sightings with unidentifiable photographs, but no U.S. reports since April 1986 have been confirmed as jaguarundi. The closest known jaguarundis to the U.S. border are found approximately 95 miles southwest in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. In Mexico, jaguarundis have been photographed through the use of remotely-triggered cameras in central and southern Tamaulipas as recently as 2010 (Tewes and Caso, unpublished data). However, current population size in Tamaulipas is unknown. Little or no information is known about jaguarundi presence or numbers in the remaining portions of the subspecies' range in Mexico. |
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