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Jaguarundi
The jaguarundi or eyra cat (''Puma yagouaroundi''), is a small wild cat native to Central and South America. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as Least Concern, although they considered it likely that no conservation units beyond the megareserves of the Amazon Basin could sustain long-term viable populations. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain. In some Spanish-speaking countries, the jaguarundi is also called ''gato colorado'', ''gato moro'', ''león brenero'', ''onza'', ''tigrillo'', and ''leoncillo''.〔 The Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation of its common English and Portuguese name is . It is also called ''gato-mourisco'', ''eirá'', ''gato-preto'', and ''maracajá-preto'' in Portuguese. Jaguarundi comes from Old Tupi ''yawaum'di''.〔Ferreira, A.B.H. (1986) ''Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa. Segunda edição. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira.'' P. 980〕 ==Characteristics==
The jaguarundi has short legs, an elongated body, and a long tail. The ears are short and rounded. The coat is without spots, uniform in color, with, at most, a few faint markings on the face and underside. The coat can be either blackish to brownish-grey (grey phase) or foxy red to chestnut (red phase); individuals of both phases can be born in the same litter. It has a total length of with a 31- to 60-cm-long tail, and weighs .〔Boitani, L. (1984). ''Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mammals''. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone Books. ISBN 978-0-671-42805-1〕 The two color phases were once thought to represent two distinct species: the grey one called jaguarundi , and the red one called eyra.
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