Wild Cats In South Texas

Ocelot kittens are born blind after about a month their eyes finally open and they start to develop different colors on their fur.

Wild cats in south texas. According to the Texas Parks Wildlife Department breeding populations of wild mountain lions are found only in the Big Bend Trans-Pecos region and deep south Texas in close proximity to the Rio Grande. Wild animals prefer to live far away from civilization. It was the sighting of a cougar in 1987 that I consider to be one of the most pivotal moments in my life.

Bobcats are about twice the size of a domestic cat with a muscular physique and prominently pointed ears. Rare Wildcat Spotted in Texas. The conservation status where known of every wild cat species has been.

At 2011 Texas Parks Wildlife say there are four wild cat species in Texas USA. Eighty or fewer ocelots ornately spotted middle-weight felids resembling undersized. Ocelots are in small numbers near the Rio Grande mountain lions range in small numbers throughout South Texas and jaguarundis and jaguars havent been documented in this region for a long time.

Bobcat Lynx rufus Jaguarundi Herpailurus yaguarondi Ocelot Leopardus pardalis Mountain Lion Puma concolor There will. Both live in far south Texas and consume similar prey species consisting of rabbits small birds and rodents. The Feline Research Program at Texas AM University-Kingsville is dedicated to conducting research on wild cats to gain understanding of their ecology behavior and conservation genetics and apply knowledge gained to the recovery of wild populations.

There are several kinds of wild cats that call Texas home. Throughout the years I have learned that nothing grabs the attention of an outdoors lover quicker than a wild cat encounter. Wild cats are solitary territorial animals.

The OCELOT is native to southern Texas and north-eastern Mexico. Four primarily Central American cats jaguar jaguarundi ocelot and margay currently or historically ranged northward into the brushland south of San Antonio from Mexico. Many wild cats species are either endangered or threatened.