Wild Cats In South Texas

Bobcat Lynx rufus Jaguarundi Herpailurus yaguarondi Ocelot Leopardus pardalis Mountain Lion Puma concolor There will.

Wild cats in south texas. Bobcats are quite populous in the South Texas brush country. Mountain lion sightings are not unheard of in this part of south Texas but as with other sightings it is the apparent melanism of the big cat witnessed that makes this incident even more unique. Today only bobcats remain fairly common.

There are several kinds of wild cats that call Texas home. Current estimates are that fewer than 50 of these wild cats are left in the US with all of them residing in South Texas. Wild cats are solitary territorial animals.

They have no place to go because the native vegetation has been cleared making it hard for them to establish new territories find the shelter they need to rest feed and raise their young. Rare wild ocelot spotted on South Texas wildlife refuge. They rarely if ever venture into the Texas Hill Country.

Rare Wildcat Spotted in Texas. Bobcats ocelots jaguarundi mountain lion and jaguar. Meet the Native Cats of Texas Jaguarundi Jaguarundi Herpailurus yaguarondi The jaguarundi shares characteristics with the ocelot.

Here at Laguna Atascosa National Park in Cameron County there are three varieties of wild cats. The single greatest threat to ocelots is loss of habitat. Four primarily Central American cats jaguar jaguarundi ocelot and margay currently or historically ranged northward into the brushland south of San Antonio from Mexico.

These wild cats are known as the ocelot the jaguarundi the margay and the jaguar though it is now probably extinct in Texas. The last encounter with a jaguar in South Texas was in the 1950s in the San Benito area. The conservation status where known of every wild cat species has been.