Jaguarundi-KA


 * JAGUAR UNDI   **

Hey! My animal is a jaguarundi, or herpailurus yaguarondi. To learn more about it..... read on. The average temperature where the jaguarundi lives is 75 degrees F. The rainfall is 40-60 inches per year.The jaguarundi lives in southern Mexico. It is a mammal that is about 21-30 inches in length and weighs about 10-20 pounds. It is black, gray, and sometimes red with a rounded face and sharp teeth. It has no markings. The jaguarundi is a predator. A food chain that includes it is: grass,mice, birds, jaguarundi. It eats small mammals, reptiles, fish, and birds, and has no shelter. The jaguarundi's adaptations include savannah, scrub, and grasslands. its water source is fresh water lakes, rivers, etc. Some interesting facts are the jaguarundi was once seen jumping off a tree into the air to get a bird. It is nick-named the "otter cat". Some have been found in Florida. Scientific name is greek with "herp" meaning thing that crawls and "ailur" meaning cat. Hope you learned more about the............jaguarundi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!