Wild Cats In South Texas

The jaguarundi and the margay occur.

Wild cats in south texas. As the locals of Delhi Texas reported in the mid-1980s several jaguarundis were relocated to Bastrop and Caldwell counties from a large game ranch in south Texas. 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. At 2011 Texas Parks Wildlife say there are four wild cat species in Texas USA.

Bobcats ocelots jaguarundi mountain lion and jaguar. Here at Laguna Atascosa National Park in Cameron County there are three varieties of wild cats. The desert bobcat is found in the west and northwest regions of the state while the Texas bobcat roams throughout the rest of the state.

It was the sighting of a cougar in 1987 that I consider to be one of the most pivotal moments in my life. Wild animals prefer to live far away from civilization. Many wild cats species are either endangered or threatened.

The conservation status where known of every wild cat species has been. The jaguarundi shares characteristics with the ocelot. Both live in far south Texas and consume similar prey species consisting of rabbits small birds and rodents.

Camera traps in a south Texas wildlife refuge spotted a new ocelot roaming through the park. South Texas had originally five species of wild cats. Bobcats are quite populous in the South Texas brush country.

Current estimates are that fewer than 50 of these wild cats are left in the US with all of them residing in South Texas. Yet sightings of these big cats continue to roll in on a. Rare wild ocelot spotted on South Texas wildlife refuge.