Jaguarundi-CS


 * My animals scientific name is Felis Yagouaroundi Cacomitli (Jaguarundi) and it is a mammel. The Jaguarundi is located in the Steppe of Northern Mexico in the area east of the Sierra Madre Mountains. The average temperature in this region is hot during the day, but drops drastically after nightfall. It is a very dry climate, with the average rainfall less than 10 inches annually. The landforms in this climate region are flat plains. Some of the plant life includes cactus, yucca, agave, mesquite, oak and pine. The animals are ones that you would find in any desert environment and include coyote, scorpions, iguana, rattlesnakes, turtles and other lizards. The Jaguarundi is a predator that depends on birds, reptiles, frogs and fish for a food source, most of which eat insects. The height of the Jaguarundi is approximately 35 cm with the male weighing about 5.9 kg and the female weighing about 4.4 kg. These cats can be black, brown grey, and russet red. An adaptation of my animal is that they're very agile climbers. They live in lowland brush areas close to running water, which they rely on as a water source. An interesting fact about the Jaguarundi is that they aren't poached because they aren't very commercially valuable, yet they are endangered due to deforestation. Insect > Bird > Jaguarundi. **