TPWDiscover | Did You See A Jaguarundi?

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TPWDiscover | Did You See A Jaguarundi?

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3 жыл бұрын

Did you just see a Jaguarundi cross the road? Think again! These small, elusive cats were historically found in South Texas. However, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Mammologist Jonah Evans, this species may not have been as widespread as we once thought. Even though TPWD receives numerous jaguarundi reports each year, most of them just turn out to be house cats.
Learn more about jaguarundis at tpwd.texas.gov...
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@TexasParksandWildlifeEducation 2 жыл бұрын

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@bobh1208 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be so sure that they aren't there. At night, I've seen a single "shadow gray" one on our property, on the east coast of FLORIDA, early this Spring, with a flashlight, and, just last week, when I turned the floodlight on, saw two shadow gray ones trotting out of our dirt driveway, after making screeching (the female? who doesn't like spines?) and cooing (the male, who doesn't mind his spiny apendage?) noises, in our woods... "counterpoint" noises that I have heard on rare occasion at night over the years, but could only imagine was a gang of coons screeching at an oddly unflustered avian adversary, of who knows what species (which I had facetiously thought of as the "coo monster"). Anyway, there is no mistaking their panther-like tail... though their SIZE and coloration certainly is not reminiscent of a panther! And others have seen them in our neighborhood, though during the day, and often had no idea WHAT they were. The thing is, our neighborhood is separated from an uninhabited barrier island - a State Park, in fact - by a narrow part of the intracoastal waterway... and this is actually how I discovered that they were Jaguarundis, much to my surprise. Around ten years ago, my family was having a picnic Christmas dinner on some tables in said Park, when a resident ranger stopped by to chat... and, at one point, apropos of nothing, told us, "Whenever anyone tells me they saw a panther out here, I ask them, was it in a tree? And when they say 'yes', I tell them, that was a Jaguarundi"... because a number of the rangers had gotten good looks at them at night over there. And I guess that, just as the crocodiles further south in Florida, which are at the extreme northern end of their range, are much shy-er than the same species in Central America, which is how they survive at the edge of their range... our Jaguarundis, similarly, are primarily nocturnal, unlike the Central American ones tend to be. But, whereas a particular individual was reputed to have transplanted Jaguarundis from Central America to Highlands Hammock (which is nowadays a Florida State Park) back in the 30's and 40's... I have never heard of such a thing happening down here on our coast... and, I never saw one for the thirty years that we lived here, last century... so, not sure how they got here. (But if Cheetahs could transplant themselves from North America to Africa 100,000 years ago, which a six-nation team of geneticists say they have determined happened... it hardly seems like Central America to here... let alone to Texas... would be a bridge too far, for stealthy Jaguarundis.) (And even if they merely extended their range from Highlands Hammock State Park, in the center of Florida, southeast to here, that wouldn't be much different from sneaking up from Mexico to quietly [nocturnally?] re-establish themselves in southern Texas.) Funny thing is, the first one I saw here, about twelve years ago, was silhouetted in the top of a Cabbage Palm around dusk, scratching at something, while facing downwards... and, unlike a Bobcat, (which never do that anyway), the silhouette of its head was more gargoyle like than the least bit Bobcat-like... so I had come to think of that as an apparition, based on a squirrel or something shaking a piece of the Cabbage Palm that just happened to be shaped like a catlike creature... and, based on the gargoyle-ish head silhouette, jokingly told people I had seen me a Chupacabra... until that Park Ranger across the way inadvertently clued me in, regarding what I had, no doubt, seen THAT time.

@trumpsterbob1st Жыл бұрын

And let me add he showed no great of us or aggression of any kids and. We're not on his menue.

@trumpsterbob1st Жыл бұрын

I also agree they are a night hunting breed of cat. This one has green eyes not yellow or blue.

@trumpsterbob1st Жыл бұрын

And the only reason that do do know is because until I seen one up close here and n palmhurst off 3rd and Stewart is built to run like the greyhound. No domestic cat looks like they do. That slim yet sports car look of a super fast car compared to a pinto or a VW beetle.

@trumpsterbob1st Жыл бұрын

So I had to Google all the known cats wild here in Texas and the second I looked at that jaguirundi cat read the discriptionand if fit like it beolged like a custom fit pair of boots. I knew that second what that cat was.

@erichansen3641 11 ай бұрын

When I worked at Northwood Country Club in Dallas, Texas, from 2008 to 2014 we used to see the Jaguarundi roaming the tennis courts hunting squirrels. Alpha Rd to the North. LBJ 635 to the South. Preston Rd to the West. Hillcrest Rd to the East. It was the long tail that distinguished them from a Bobcat. Too small for a Puma. We also had Bobcat too. [I held an academic certification in wildlife biology 1984-1994, Wildlife Society, Inc.]. Talk to Eric Bailey the head tennis pro there, he has seen them.

@MizMissiB 10 ай бұрын

There’s several jaguarundi’s on our ranch. There’s a breeding population here. I’m 100% positive of my identification of them. They’re bigger than a house cat and their heads are small in comparison to their size. Their ears are small in size as well but it’s definitely the tail that gives them away. Very long and full. There’s not a single domestic cat that has a tail that long in comparison to its body. It’s thick too. Not fluffy but thick. I’ve seen both red/brown and grey ones here, from half grown kittens to full grown adults. I’ve heard their calls as well and usually late October through the end of December I’ll hear the females calling for a mate. I’ve had them be sitting in the road as I pull up in my truck and they don’t run off but will occasionally just sit there as I creep the truck forward. They eventually will disappear into the brush. There’s about 20,000 acres here that I have access to and I’ve seen them in different areas of the ranch. I’ve seen tracks in the mud by the water tanks that are kept full for the cattle and wildlife. I wish TPWD would come do a study on them here. I’m in Val Verde County about 3.5 miles north of Comstock.

@SanMartianRover 9 ай бұрын

I believe you. I was outside Brackettville last weekend and I SWEAR I saw one run across the road. There's no way it was a housecat, it was too big. The only other thing I could compare it to would be some kind of crazy big weasel looking thing.

@MizMissiB 9 ай бұрын

@@SanMartianRover sounds like you saw one. Their small heads and fluffy tails are distinctive

@runvnc208 5 ай бұрын

So why not take a photo and become famous for rediscovering them?

@MizMissiB 5 ай бұрын

@@runvnc208 they’re nocturnal and getting pictures is not easy. I’ve tried to figure out where to put a camera trap but with 20,000 acres thats not easy either. I see them in my headlights at night but again, getting a picture isn’t easy. The TPWD in the area know there’s been sightings for years. What I need to find but don’t want to find is one that’s been hit by a car on the highway. They’re too precious to kill in my opinion.

@cutecats532 5 ай бұрын

Dash cam? @@MizMissiB

@colincampbell714 3 жыл бұрын

I’m nearly a 100% sure I saw one in the wild just the other day. Exactly matched the description.

@Kybone Жыл бұрын

"We really need physical evidence"

@badandylaoc Жыл бұрын

My buddy Colin on KZfaq seen one.

@kiwisweet5520 2 ай бұрын

please consider setting up a trail cam or letting some local biology establishments where you saw it so they can set them up!$$

@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Ай бұрын

I didn't even know there were Jaguarundis and Ocelots in some parts of TX, I'd love to see one in real life

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Just saw one in Austin, TX an hour ago. Thing was cool as hell.

@deborahsmith7653 Жыл бұрын

Definitely saw one today in Hunt County Texas. My husband saw it a few years ago and I’ve always wanted to see it. At least 5 other neighbors have seen it, too. It was very red. My father in law has seen it and heard it making really weird noises!

@runvnc208 5 ай бұрын

Take a photo.

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Saw a grey one here in Austin an hour ago. Thing was cool as hell!

@McClarinJ 9 ай бұрын

I live in Jaguarundi country (Ecuador) but, like the Spectacled Bear, Puma, Mountain Tapir, Giant Anteater, and any of the spotted cats, I have yet to see one in the wild.

@davidwhite8220 2 жыл бұрын

We saw one east of Fredericksburg sometime around 1980. We thought it was a black cat, a not uncommon sight out there, until it moved: the gait was all wrong. Other aspects were also off: short and steel-gray fur, longish body, shortish legs, longish neck. It looked almost like a cross between a cat and an otter.

@davidwhite8220 2 жыл бұрын

We told the ranger at Pedernales, and he did not believe us. A year or so later, we told another ranger at Pedernales, and he said "I saw one too".

@Kybone Жыл бұрын

@@davidwhite8220 Pedernales is beautiful country

@davidwhite8220 Жыл бұрын

@@Kybone Historically it has been. But these days it looks more an more like "Drought is the new climate". My heart is broken to see all the Hill Country streams running dry. I think I have lived too long ...

@rptucker Жыл бұрын

The one I saw in Erath County near Morgan Mill moved a bit like an otter too. I’m 100% positive it was a jaguarundi.

@davidwhite8220 Жыл бұрын

@@rptucker I suspect that just a few "vagrant" males were responsible for the sightings. Males are a lot more free to wander than are females. If the one you saw was back long ago, maybe it was the same one we saw.

@armandorodriguez5120 8 ай бұрын

Grew up in Edinburg Texas, way south. Back in '88 or '89, I was 12 years old at the time and I am almost certain I saw one while fishing at a canal close to my house. Back then there was still a lot of undeveloped land within city limits. It was at the other side of the canal that I was fishing which is roughly 30' wide so I got a very good look at it. At first I thought it was a cat but looked a bit strange since it had a much slender body, long tail, small head. At the time, I assumed it was a feral cat but years later when seeing a documentary about the Jaguarandi I realized that what I had seen was indeed a Jaguarandi. Almost certain that's what it was. Interesting stuff.

@runvnc208 5 ай бұрын

I am in the Mission, TX area and get groceries more in McAllen. Maybe I should go looking for this.

@user-ki3ih1lg2i 5 ай бұрын

@@runvnc208 It was in the late 80s, I doubt that it still around.

@danielmickelsen2654 10 ай бұрын

After a few beers, my cats start looking like jaguarundis...

@RetroMonkey1999 2 ай бұрын

Why are you giving your cat beers? They prefer cocktails, like everyone else with class. 😂

@RontheJohn 10 ай бұрын

Saw one on Brazos River bottom land in College Station, TX about 15 years ago. Unmistakable.

@yolandagary1719 27 күн бұрын

I saw one today in Yoakum Texas! I didn't know what it was. It just looked like the color of a grey fox but had a small head. It did not look like a dog. My son was with me and we were both mesmerized. It happened so quick we didn't think about taking a picture!

@JohnTorres-vd3tz 5 ай бұрын

2:44 I seen something that looked like this with short legs but it woulda been crouching to hide/make it self less visible because I was driving by or it coulda been crouching because he was about to dip under and into the walls of an abandoned warehouse. I think it had a long tail but can't say for sure.

@billiehaneline4500 2 ай бұрын

I saw them in the zoo, so I know what I saw in South Texas. July 6th 1980. We were traveling on a lonesome road when I saw one traveling the same way on the grass side of the road, at about a trot.

@iconicoutdoors Жыл бұрын

Saw one prowling along a canal in SW Louisiana today as we passed by on a tug.. didn't know what it was till I started google searching. 4/6/23 around 1:00 p.m.

@Son-of-Thucydides Ай бұрын

My wife is absolutely certain she saw one cross our property last year here in McLennan County, Texas, between Temple and Waco. Gray, weasel-like, and catlike at the same time, small head, ~25-30 pounds in size. It was about 1:00 PM in broad daylight. She watched it for about 10 seconds before it disappeared into the riparian woodlands surrounding our property. She watched it through our big front windows and then watched it through our bedroom windows as it moved toward the east and toward the riparian woods. I was lying on the couch, napping, when she started yelling at me to come look at it. By the time I got up to look, it was already gone. She is certain of what she saw, and it does not matter to her what Jonah Evans or anyone else who wasn't there says. I tried to talk her out of it, telling her that this is well outside the habitat zone for the jaguarundi and that what she saw was almost like seeing a sasquatch, but she was steadfastly adamant. At the same time, wildlife go where they will with no recognition of what is supposed to be their habitat zones or boundaries. FYI: We have all manner of wildlife at our place; we've seen wild turkey, white-tailed deer, coyote, bobcat, gray fox, all sorts of raptors (Mississippi Kite, Red-tailed Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Eastern Screech Owl, Great Horned Owl, and so forth). We are considering applying to the National Wildlife Federation for sanctuary status because the place is a thoroughfare for all manner of wildlife (our place is bordered by two dense riparian corridors). I would not be surprised to see a mountain lion come through here.

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

I believe you. Saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@paulwhite9242 3 жыл бұрын

I could almost see someone mistaking mink for a jagarundi.

@josephburns8400 7 ай бұрын

They are awesome! Look like a mix of a cat n an otter

@GeorgieP512 3 ай бұрын

Jaguarundis are not extinct in Texas. There is at least one in Mitchell County that I have seen numerous times. I have spotted one in Aspermont twice. I live at Lake Sweetwater; one has been spotted there at least a dozen times in the last eight years with the most recent sighting being this morning crossing CR 1856. I have personally seen these cats, but they are so quick I have not been able to get a photo. By the time I get my phone out, they're gone. I also don't know how anyone could mistake one for a house cat.

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

I saw one in Austin an hour ago. Definitely not extinct.

@dalevodkaalola6273 Жыл бұрын

I saw one in Roma tx (south tx) couple of years ago crossing the street near my house!

@danweed426 25 күн бұрын

I live in Colombia and had a jaguarundi in tree in front of my cabin. I have photos. I am lucky to have witnessed one.

@El_BlackRose 3 ай бұрын

I’ll be 26 in 3 months, I promise you as a 12 year old one wondered into my family’s property in Levelland ( WEST ) Texas. My grand father shot it because it was snarling at me and looked ready to attack. I had to carry it to our properties trash burning pit and I’ll never forget how muscular it was like a mini puma, short ears, hair, stubby face, long tail and reddish coat. I’ve always loved all kinds of cats but never seen anything like this one, and one day watching one of thousands of random cat species videos I seen a brown one that matched my memory PERFECTLY, then they mentioned it lives in Mexico has been seen in Texas but not for “30” years, and it also could have a orange to reddish coat, and I almost cried lol NEVER had I felt more validated. I knew what I seen\HELD that day was too different of a cat to be considered any one of domesticated house variance.😂

@mcgavin098 3 жыл бұрын

I had a game camera image of a very muscular cat. The image was overexposed due to the IR lights washing out finer details. It was about 14 years ago in El Paso. If I can prove it's there I might be able to stop a subdivision from being built on the mountain range. It was probably a young mountain lion.

@justinhall8494 Жыл бұрын

I live in Las Vegas and I have seen them 3 times. The first time I had no idea what it was so I looked up the description of what I saw. Only a few people have seen it as we live in the desert it comes out from 2am-4am to hunt gophers

@g1967 Жыл бұрын

But those cats in Vegas are just gambling with their lives..

@badandylaoc Жыл бұрын

Naw

@lonestarson4726 Жыл бұрын

You have NEVER seen a jaguarundi in Las Vegas. That should go without saying....buuuut here we are! 🤣🤣🤣

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

@lonestarson4726 how the hell do you know?

@GamerGal0X Ай бұрын

I saw one in Lubbock Texas around midnight two weeks ago in the city limits. My friend and I followed it because we couldn't decide if it was a cat or some sort of weasel or even a fox of some sort. We decided to look up the mammals of Texas and were shocked to see the image of the jaguarundi, especially that far north...

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Same. Just saw one in Austin an hour ago. At first, all I saw was the tail and thought it was a fox. Then, I got closer, and it was like a cat weasel. Looked it up as soon as I got home and I'm 100% positive it was a grey jaguarundi.

@user-cu7mh9ub3b Жыл бұрын

In 1989 , I and a friend of mine were hunting on the Willie Ranch just south of Artesia Wells approximately 4 miles east of I 35 . My name is Allen Bills and my friend's name is Bobby Jenkins. I am now 69 yrs old and Bobby is 71 yrs old. As we were leaving that Sunday evening for the trip home we were driving slow and easy past deer stands and over a rough sendero. We were still traveling through typical south Texas brush and we both noticed an unusual cat before us at about 30 yards in front of us. The headlights were on bright illuminating the animal very well. We're both experienced hunters with many years of hunting South Texas. Our cameras were packed away but we were enjoying what we both believed was a weird sighting of some sort of a strange cat. I had previously shot two cougars on this very ranch and took them to the Chaparral Wildlife Center to measure and document. So we knew this animal was no cougar, bobcat, house cat, and not a Jaguar. But both of us have memories of "the sighting" with the same descriptions. It allowed us to have a broadside view looking at us and a few seconds with his head turned back straight into the brush. It then made a quick move into the brush. Two years later , after moving to the Gallagher Ranch about 12 miles north of Laredo at the railroad crossing and I 35 the sighting was brought up in an evening conversation. Burt Gallagher had a game biologist doing game surveys and management studies to improve the deer quality. While we were talking about "the sighting" , Helen, the biologist, quizzed us on our sighting and asked us to separately look at some photographs. She said we both recognized our sighting from the unnamed South Texas wild cat photographs. She was excited and was sure we had observed a rare sighting of a Jaguarundi. Until that moment neither of us had ever heard of this cat. In those days there was no Google and we just didn't know how to look up something that we had no name for. She said at the time there was no live capture of a Jaguarundi and she only knew of only one found dead . I am an avid hunter , I've hunted Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Canada, all over northern Mexico and Argentina. Usually I enjoy observing the animal life and by choice, rarely harvest a deer. I practice my shooting regularly and pride myself in having the ability to dispatch a deer humanely. I said that to say this, I've spent hours, days, and weeks in the brush of South Texas and Mexico as a hunter and guide and I am certain of what I saw at "the sighting". My name is Allen Bills, phone number is 281-445-7996, cell # is 713-828-3564. If I can be of further assistance feel free to call. Thank you

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Cool. Just saw one in Austin an hour ago!

@mchenryjeremy Жыл бұрын

I saw one today at 4:30 a.m. in Anahuac Texas at the National Wildlife Refuge!! Clear as day it was a jaguarundi! It was about 10 yards in front of my truck and there were about 30 hogs I had just passed in the area and I think it was hunting the smaller hogs. At first glance I thought it was an otter because of the head shape, then large house cat, then as I looked at it a little more, I realized this was some kind of wild cat! I googled reddish brown cats in Texas when I got setup at the duck pond and came across this. It was about 4 ft long with a really long tail, maybe weighed 30 pounds, round head, small ears, short in height, long and slender. I 100% believe I saw a jaguarundi. I just hate that my phone was off (it didn't charge overnight and was dead) while I was letting it charge and I didn't get a picture of it. I just couldn't get my phone on in time.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Жыл бұрын

I think this is definitely what happens a lot of the time, these guys are still around in Texas, but they're sneaky and subtle cats, and if you don't already have your camera out when you chance into one, you won't have any hard evidence. I'm sure that many reported sightings really just are housecats, but if you get a good look at one of these, you'll see how different they are, so I think that people who see them and accurately describe them like this probably tell the truth.

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Just saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@quann06 10 ай бұрын

Sounds like a mystical cat. Very interesting!

@wika1117 4 ай бұрын

So Jaguarundi is basically a cat trained by ninjas

@GeorgieP512 3 ай бұрын

That is a correct statement. I have tried for years to get a photo.

@foracal5608 10 ай бұрын

Huh I haven't seen one in the wild, but I have had the odd ocelot encounter. I doubt I'd ever see a jagurundi in my area being so far up north onto the coastal bend

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@homedeezyfasheezy5662 Жыл бұрын

I saw one back in April of 2015 in Round Rock TX (a suburb north of Austin) off Hairy Man Rd shortly after crossing over Great Oaks headed towards Sam Bass Road. It was about 5 pm with plenty of sunlight out on a calm spring day. While driving a small song bird shot out of the roadside brush about 15feet in front of my car appearing to be fleeing in a panic. About a second later a slender dark colored feline shot out of the bushes in hot pursuit. They both disappeared into the brushes on the other side of the road. The whole incident happened so fast I didn’t even have enough time to hit the breaks as I was mere feet from hitting both of them. Up to this point I had never heard of a jaguarundi. What I saw was too big to be a house cat. It’s tail was almost as long as it’s body, it had a weasel like stride, short stubby ears, and was too long to be a cat. After some research I had come to find out many people had spotted the same type of feline in the area over the years. After looking up pictures there was no doubt that’s what I saw. It’s a shame TDPW doesn’t acknowledge it though I understand why due to lack of physical evidence though if they put the effort in they could probably come to the conclusion that it’s range definitely extends into Texas. It’s a shame too as that area where I saw it has undergone multiple construction projects altering the landscape.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a genuine sighting. It happens quick so you don't have the time to get out a camera, but you got a good look of it and that's gotta have been one. I guess someone is just going to have to travel around for a while in areas with reported sightings with a running camera and hope they'll spot one some day, just to prove the department wrong.

@erichansen3641 11 ай бұрын

Hairy Man Rd? LOL. My great Uncle was named Harry Mann and he owned Harry Mann Chevrolet and they had a giant ape balloon outside to draw customers.

@benvincent24 9 ай бұрын

I used to work at a business that was in that little shopping center at the intersection of Sam Bass and Hairy Man.

@erichansen3641 9 ай бұрын

@@benvincent24 My great uncle had a Harry Mann Chevrolet car dealership.

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

I believe you. I saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@DrewKap Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure I saw one of these in South East Florida yesterday evening/ light. Of course, NO PICTURE! I’m thinking Hurricane Ian may have pushed it east from the wildlife refuge/ Everglades just to my west.

@kennethlamb5741 Жыл бұрын

I believe you bro. I saw one in south east Orlando once. I just saw one yesterday in South East Kentucky. There's nothing else it could be

@effigyrecords 3 жыл бұрын

Just across the river from Big Bend, near Boquillas, in 1977. A pair of them at fairly close range. Fantastic creatures.

@williamskinner4673 7 ай бұрын

Yes, Sam Nail Ranch in Big Bend National Park at the windmill water trough! 2012 in the evening while I was sitting alone on the bench. walked toward me on the hiking path. Fawn color, long tail, small ears. Reported the sighting to the visitor center and to the park wildlife biologist

@user-yi5io9kf3r 9 ай бұрын

Myself and three hunting friends saw one several times on a hunting lease near Mertzon. This was several years ago, around 2014. We each saw it on several occasions.

@jsm3737 Жыл бұрын

I seen one last night in Normans Crossing Tx. Long tail but a lot bigger than a normal cat. My mom seen it about 20 years ago coming out of the barn early one morning

@dsbranch9144 3 жыл бұрын

These cats are still in Texas and have been seen as far north as Junction, Tx.

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Yup. Just saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@theempyrean1227 3 жыл бұрын

I saw something like this in Richmond, Va, except it was a little bit bigger.

@everythingisaprocess 3 жыл бұрын

Back in 2009, I saw an animal that looked very similar to this in VA...I have never forgotten about it and always wondered what it was.

@benvincent24 Жыл бұрын

I want TP&W to post photos of any house cat that looks like a Jaguarundi. I saw one in Temple, TX a couple of years ago and it was definitely not a house cat. Color, size, tail length, head size and shape all match that of a Jaguarundi. In my 60 years I've never seen a house cat that was even close.

@rptucker Жыл бұрын

No doubt you’re correct.

@WutLawl Жыл бұрын

I saw one 6 years ago on my mom's roof. It screamed at me and I thought it was a freaking panther. Out in East Texas now it makes sense!

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Жыл бұрын

I agree. One quickly rushing across a road in the dark of night? Might have been a cat, hard to tell there, but if you see one of these guys standing still or move slowly, and you get a good look at them, they're kind of unmistakable for their elongated, "otter-cat" appearance. These critters are just really stealthy and the window of time you get to see them tend to be short, so if you don't have a camera out already it's difficult to get hard evidence, but I think that many reported sightings in Texas are probably genuine.

@BebeesHuman 8 ай бұрын

Jaguarundi have a very different nose, too, compared to house cats. The wet part of their nose is very big and shaped like a dog's. Wonderful video!

@DadTheGreat9ine6ix3ree Жыл бұрын

My female cat used to leave for days gave birth to only one cat and it looked so much like this we kept it inside I have pictures but once it got out neighbors wer having a party and it disappeared. Someone took it

@davido7452 Ай бұрын

I saw the cat at deer lease in Morales TX Sandy Creek WLM 100 yards out.2 years ago . Was not positive about the cat type ( sunset) , given rumblings of black cat on property I not fire. Very interesting just watching

@rptucker Жыл бұрын

There are jaguarundis in Erath County & I saw one personally myself. It didn’t look like a house or feral cat & it didn’t move like one. It’s tail was probably 3’ long. You people at TPWD saying they’re extinct is false. I suggest you get out and talk to people who have seen one & know exactly what it was they saw instead of acting like you’re some kind of expert on these animals when you’re clearly not.

@kennethglenn4502 Жыл бұрын

Here in south Texas and I’ve seen one recently

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@rev.dr.yvonneray2035 3 жыл бұрын

Folks in my rural area of Southern Arizona are claiming one is in the neighborhood. I haven't seen it.

@jasminebyrd7538 8 ай бұрын

I have had 2 sightings about 2 years ago (sightings several months apart) but within the same mile radius of woods. And about a month ago unfortunately I was not looking at the road but my boyfriends yells "woahhh what was that" and I already knew. I know for certain that's what it was both time. I don't care who tries to tell me other wise. They are here.

@Noah-sy1sl 2 ай бұрын

Spotted on crossing the road in Canon City, CO June 2024

@shearer216 8 ай бұрын

I’ve seen them in Hood and Erath counties. Hard to confuse them with a house cat.

@matthewwelsh294 3 жыл бұрын

How can someone mistaking a jaguarundi for a house cat?? They look nothing like lol

@user-ng6re3iw9p 11 ай бұрын

I live in eastern Travis County off of FM 969 and about a mile west of Webberville. My home is in the middle of 5 acres and I have left a habitat perimeter around the edges of the 5 acres and see many deer, fox, skunks etc. but today I saw something that is not supposed to exist around here. Jaguarundi's....I didn't see it at first but heard a commotion outside of my bath window where I have constructed a cage for my cats to sit in and be protected. When I got to the window the cat had leaped up to the rain gutters and it sounded like he was trying to pry off the gutter. All I saw then was that tail. Hanging straight down and curved at the end and I could tell he was putting some weight on it and using it for balance. When the cat realized the gutter was a no go and using mostly his tail and his momentum he swung over to the window I was looking from and we had about a 10 or 15 second stare down before the cat leaped to the ground ran a short distance then stopped and stared back at me and ran back into the habitat. Either it's a Jaguarundi or a descendant of a cat that mated with them. No cat is that acrobatic.

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Just saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@rossmiles1255 8 ай бұрын

I am the son of a Game Warden and I saw a Jaguarundi in 1998 outside of La Gloria. North of McAllen. No, I don't have proof. I know what I saw.

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@DavidHarris-qn7em Жыл бұрын

They're here in Arkansas now.

@carlosalbertopugliese1889 8 ай бұрын

In Brazil there are thousands of jaguarundi in the rain forest

@pickledbeatz315 Жыл бұрын

Sightings around the Angelina River in Henderson, TX in 2023.

@brianhart1573 Жыл бұрын

Seen 2l last night in Ada Oklahoma,just out game camera,n some mackerel n tuna

@g1967 Жыл бұрын

Dude..i just saw 7 jaguarundis on this vid alone..they are everywhere ! But seriously try Wimberley area..i've seen a few & tons of ringtailed cats & cougars. 10 mi. from Wimberley Tx an elderley horse was killed & partially consumed by a cougar in 2013.

@staywoke2198 8 ай бұрын

Wimberley is very nice. Really blown up population wise in past few years

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Just saw a jaguarundi in Austin an hour ago.

@waltercraig6952 Жыл бұрын

Today is June 20,2023 . I watched one from the deck . It drank water and crossed the drive to disappear in the brush . If they are rare there must be a population trying to establish itself In Edwards County Texas

@runvnc208 5 ай бұрын

Take a picture.

@vela07 Жыл бұрын

I disagree with this article as well. In the early 80s I was walking through the woods alongside a creek and saw one sitting up ahead. It had it's head down and I could see the long furry tail. It was also black (black enough that I thought it was a panther for years, but it was too small). It raised it's head and it had that smallish looking head. I actually ran away at that point, but I vividly remember the encounter. If it was a house cat, I never would have ran from it. Now, tell me what else that could've been and remember the small head and long tail, AND it looked black

@MrBlackbutang Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Feckin Awesome

@larszchzsche9070 Жыл бұрын

They are in Texas i have seen them from corpus Christi to longview.they are here.

@foodtastesgood8579 11 ай бұрын

I saw one in Cloudcroft NM

@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 Жыл бұрын

I saw one about 12 years ago in Atoka Oklahoma that’s a little bit like a black panther only smaller.

@DavidLopez-ex9sd Жыл бұрын

In 2008 in south texas in i seen one but the thing is this Jaguarundi had a different color it was white with brown spots i now what I saw this cat was 15 feet away i was in my pickup leaving the ranch..i wish i could have taken a picture but it went to fast..

@lynnmccoig5487 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see one

@wirelessone2986 3 жыл бұрын

I think Jagurundi should be the Texas state bird.

@rondesantis5019 11 ай бұрын

I own land in Sweeny Tx and I seen them in the woods people say that they have seen a bigger cat

@staywoke2198 8 ай бұрын

I think I saw too in central Texas while kayaking a river. Definitely not a house cat, skunk, or Bob cat. They were dark and moving low to the earth like a cat. We thought maybe could have been otters but they weren’t that big and they were really dark, almost black. Crazy the animals you come across in Texas. I’ve seen black bear in big bend, huge porcupine near San Saba. Not to mention feral exotics like axis deer and aoudad

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@staywoke2198 Ай бұрын

@@stevev.3628 no way? Can you be more specific with where you saw one?

@jppryor4552 Жыл бұрын

Me and family members have all seen them here in Central West texas in the rolling plains in non heavily hunted areas if not jaguarandi's black mountain lions.. i think the Extinction of panthers needs to be brought back up, cause if you ask older folks that been around here long then my existence they'll tell you the same , but my last sighting of one those mysterious cats was in 2010 or so , we do have a environment similar to south texas'es big bend national park making it ideal for breeding and producing big cats you can usually tell they're presence by lack of jack Rabbits and cottontails and smaller varmits in the area they also love cattle populated areas were the land as been untouched...

@alyssarutledge9469 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Wichita Falls and my fiance and I saw an animal that matched this description one night. Long, skinny tail and all.

@melissaburke628 Жыл бұрын

In Martin County Florida too.

@johndebrow3446 7 ай бұрын

I witnessed a pure black very very large full size Jaguar looking cat about 100 to 120 lbs with huge yellow eyes looking at me from about 50 yards at 4 am crossing a forest main road. It was about 5 ft long with a tail about 4 ft long. It definitely was not a house cat because it was 20 times bigger. This was near our neighborhood at 4 am from my truck in the headlights. Sam Houston National forest in Willis, Tx. For all these Biologist to say there is not any Black 100 lb cats is ridiculous. Saw it in 2016.

@sethmalin9608 Жыл бұрын

I just saw one run across the road in Alabama it had a very long tail

@EricVonWade 11 ай бұрын

Annaville, Texas. Less than 20 minutes prior to this post, a cat, far larger than possible for any domestic cat was seen under bright flood lights as the front door to my business was opened from the inside. This creature sprinted at a 25 degree angle away and at a speed exceeding anything I have witnessed as an avid hunter and photographer. I am not prone to creating sensational accounts of events witnessed. This creature was something I have never seen before but resembles, to my comparison, the darker grey with black speckles, images of the Jaggerrundee on a Google search. It is possible this cat creature is a cougar/mountain lion but it did not look like any I have seen and having seen it so close and move over a distance of approximately 40 yards, this was not any bread of domesticated feline, dog, hog, possum, or raccoon.

@RandySchulte-iw1mp 8 ай бұрын

Yes, in Annaville I ran into one of these on the property where I work. Down by the river. Eric, you know where that is. After the Chicken Shack.

@EricVonWade 8 ай бұрын

@@RandySchulte-iw1mp that's incredible. You know you are looking at something completely different and not seen before when you have spent thousands of hours during your life hunting as we have. Come by and see the new Axe Haus 9762 Leopard St., Unit B. It's between, Justice Inc. air conditioning and Mobile Tint, near S & J Bakery. Look for the grey monster truck out front

@ccpanel 6 ай бұрын

nieghbor swears he saw one today in east tx. i dont think so . maybe ocelot? send a team out here for a survey. .

@jake46464able Жыл бұрын

Well, I'll disagree. My neighbor saw one last week while we were sitting on the front porch at her house. I saw the same(or similar cat - black jaguarundi) about 4 years ago coming by in the same place. It's on/around Lake Whitney, TX. Comes down or goes from time to time. Ours aren't the only sightings. Big, black, pretty long tail and moves uniquely. Both times the cat crossed under a large streetlight. Hard to not see what ya saw.

@rptucker Жыл бұрын

They’re in Erath County too. Absolutely no doubt about that. This guy in the video stating otherwise shows he’s certainly not knowledgeable about what he states here

@D_eyeofthe_BHolder Жыл бұрын

I’ve spotted them in north central Arkansas, trying to steal a few puppies from a customers backyard, while I was fixing a water leak. I never even knew that jaguarundi were a thing until then. I thought I was going crazy, like “I know that’s not a house cat and it’s far too small to be a mountain lion.” With about 15-20min worth of google searches I came to the conclusion, based on results formulated from what features I could make out of the animal, that it was, and could only have been, a jaguarundi. Makes no sense to me that they wouldn’t live so far north. Black panthers used to live all around the southern states, but ask nearly anyone about their presence in the U.S. and you’ll only be met with laughs and ridicule.

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Жыл бұрын

They are really adaptable predators who are great at keeping a low profile, I could see an oddball one deciding to move up to Arkansas and doing just fine, without getting noticed. I think they're probably still around in Texas, and that some of the reported sightings are genuine (even if most maybe just were housecats). Sneaky little critters, if you don't have your camera out already you probably won't get the time to capture him on film when you do chance into seeing him.

@justinejacobs88 Жыл бұрын

I live in middle Tennessee and I have been seeing one in the woods behind my house fairly regularly for over a year. And without telling anybody else about it, I have had other people who come visit tell me about this strange looking HUGE cat with a super long head and too small head slinking around outside around sunrise. I too thought it was a “black panther” at first(it wasn’t. Those don’t actually exist.), but after some research, I’m certain that it is actually a jaguarundi. Of course the TWRA would argue that they don’t exist outside of Texas. But I know what I saw. It’s not a bobcat or house cat.

@justinejacobs88 Жыл бұрын

Edit*** my friends have described a huge cat with an extra long TAIL, and a very small head.

@joakos1122 Жыл бұрын

I saw one in Quinta Mazatlan In 2014 when I was walking my dog with my ex gf it walked across the trail and stopped for a second and then disappeared into the brush, it had a low prowling posture very long tail and grizzled brown fur I’ll never forget that moment. First thought was holy cow that’s a wild cat and there’s no fence between us! Unmistakable, when you see a wild cat it gives you a deep instinctual feeling I’ve only gotten when diving with sharks. I took up wildlife photography after that encounter but I doubt I’ll ever get a chance to photograph it again. I am getting into camera traps and that might yield success in canals near the Rio Grande River in South Mission TX where I live

@H0m3s Жыл бұрын

I have video of a jaguarundi in my backyard in North Texas near DFW on June 16 2023

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Saw one in Austin an hour ago.

@UnKnown-zy1km Ай бұрын

I heard they release 300 in Florida years ago to help keep down the rodents and there is still sights today. I may be wrong on the number released but I think it was 300 also dont remember the year these were released in Florida just that it was a long time ago...

@IamSH1VA 9 ай бұрын

So beautiful 😻

@TexasParksandWildlifeEducation 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@WilsonPrecision 10 ай бұрын

Saw one in a cove at Lake Travis in 2021

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Just saw one in S. Austin an hour ago.

@sillat7669 11 ай бұрын

I’m not sure what kind of feline is roaming around here, but 2 days ago one was out there and it sounded like a person screaming 😅 then I noticed was just an animal but I couldn’t see it because there’s too many trees out there and it was too dark. I did see a black cat during the day, bigger than a domestic cat. Im not sure if that’s the one making that horrifying sound in the middle of the night or a bigger one. Last year I heard a “meow” but not like a cat meow, I stood up to check and I did see a big cat walking right under my window, it looked dark gray, definitely not the same black one I saw few days ago during the day. I don’t care if ppl say there’s no big cats out here in NJ, I’ve seen them and I’ve heard them. I will buy a night vision camera and place it out there, maybe I can get a clear view and enough evidence of what’s out there. 😅 They are adorable, I love seeing them, only from far… 😅🥰🐅🐆

@aidenmornay 5 ай бұрын

Many times, Yucatan peninsula

@barbarastanovsky844 Жыл бұрын

My husband saw one today on our land in Oklahoma

@jiggnorth3593 Жыл бұрын

He definitely saw a housecat.

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

Just saw one an hour ago in Austin, TX.

@silkoakranchpitchforkranch1205 Жыл бұрын

I think every Oklahoma black panther sighting is really a jaguarundi

@mrwayne5158 Жыл бұрын

someone just saw one down the road

@Kybone Жыл бұрын

You've got to wonder if folks are just adding fake long tails onto regular cats to mess with ppl. Would be pretty funny.

@xoxoXoieoxox 3 жыл бұрын

i literally have been watching them tonight and i have been recording it there is clear video of a weasel looking long bodied short legged super long tail cat if you want the video let me know i live in the san bernardino mountains of southern CA its been here for a wile

@kathrynrairden3747 Жыл бұрын

A friend of mine lost several domestic rabbits to one three or four years ago. He lives in San Diego County.

@trumpsterbob1st Жыл бұрын

I absolutely saw one a week ago and good ng to try another way. I'm setting out what have figured out is it's main preferred meal. Rabbits. I double looked he walked within 13 feet of me and was not paying us any attention to much. He's black his tail is about as long as his body 3.5 feet long. Add the length of his head he's a easy 5 foot long. Sitting on nits ass. Standing he would have to be from his hind legs close to 7 feet

@maxgracia8064 11 ай бұрын

I have a whole bunch of pictures

@KE-yq2eg 5 ай бұрын

Looks nothing like a house cat to me...

@USNAVY8492 Жыл бұрын

We saw one in the Everglades 2008.

@mommymilkers4119 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a badger

@TheFrog767 Жыл бұрын

They should be protected no hunting them at all

@maxgracia8064 11 ай бұрын

We accidentally hit one the other day

@ShaffafAhmed 4 ай бұрын

looks 0% like a housecat.

@madisonfalk2606 Ай бұрын

I saw one just last week 100% not like any other animal I’ve seen

@andrewshepersky8704 3 ай бұрын

IVE SEEN THEM IN FRICKEN NORTH CENTERAL MINNESOTA 😂

@javiermerino3749 3 жыл бұрын

El jaguarundi es 100 por siento Méxicano 🇲🇽🌶️🌶️

@javiermerino3749 3 жыл бұрын

@@garciagar64 ???

@stevev.3628 Ай бұрын

This is dumb. Just saw a jaguarundi in Austin, TX an hour ago.

@richardmcginnis5344 3 жыл бұрын

people think its a cat but its not a cat, its not a house cat house cats did not descend from them they are an entirely different species from house cats. now why is science so set on separating this from a house cat but is also so set on proving man descended from apes? instead of looking at us with the knowledge that we didn't ? just like this animal isn't descended from cats we aren't descended from apes, just a different species from a whole bunch of others that existed around the same time but we had bigger brains and survived

@lantrick 3 жыл бұрын

No one ever said Jaguarundi descended from house cats. Humans (Homo Sapiens Sapiens) are descended from earlier hominids, not Gorillas or Chimpanzees.