Herpailurus yagouaroundi (carnivore)

Mass: 5.4 kg based on Konecny 1989, Sanderson 1949, Richard-Hansen et al. 1999, and Servín et al. 2003

Diet: carnivore based on Silva-Pereira et al. 2011 and de Cassia Bianchi et al. 2011

Abundance: 0.06 to 5.77% (median 0.70%)

Latitudinal range: -29.8° to 30.3°

Habitats: (2), desert/xeric shrubland (1), mangrove (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (9), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical savanna (5), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 34 samples

Argentina: Acambuco, Iguazù National Park (on roads)

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Estrada do Porto (2005), Parque Estadual do Turvo (trail), Ibicuí River, Reserva Natural Vale (year 1), Reserva Natural Vale (year 2), Reserva Natural Vale (year 3), Reserva Natural Vale (year 4), Iguaçu National Park, Formosa Military Training Area, Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Recanto das Antas, Sertäo Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic

Colombia: Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali (scrub), Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2009), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2011-2012), Laguna del Petrolero

Costa Rica: Piedras Blancas National Park

Ecuador: Refugio de Vida Silvestre Marina y Costera Pacoche

Mexico: Estación Científica Las Joyas, Pastorías (lluvias), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (secas), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (lluvias), Sierra Region (secondary forest), Sierra Region (oil palm)

Panama: Ecoparque Panama

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019)

United States: Schulze Cave (layer C1), Schulze Cave (layer C2)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass3750 kgN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ body mass5000 kgN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ body mass7000 kgN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ body mass5500 kgN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ body mass6250 kgN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ body mass8240 kgN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ body mass3750 kgN = 1Servín et al. 2003
♀ ear length30 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ ear length23 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ ear length46 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ ear length30 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ ear length35 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ ear length48 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ ear length32 mmN = 1Servín et al. 2003
♀ head and body length530 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ head and body length630 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ head and body length735 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length630 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ head and body length680 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ head and body length760 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ hind foot length125 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ hind foot length124 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ hind foot length153 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ hind foot length135 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ hind foot length140 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ hind foot length170 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ hind foot length135 mmN = 1Servín et al. 2003
♀ tail length400 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ tail length475 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♀ tail length515 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ tail length430 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ tail length515 mmN = 1Konecny 1989
♂ tail length520 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ tail length450 mmN = 1Servín et al. 2003
♂ total body length700 mmN = 1Servín et al. 2003

See also Herpailurus