Herpailurus yagouaroundi

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Jaguarundi

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Feloidea
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Felinae
Genus : Herpailurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb10482289

Original name as described

Felis yagouaroundi

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Cayenne, French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

United States? · Mexico · Guatemala · El Salvador · Belize · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina · Uruguay?

Subregion distribution

USA(TX?)

Taxonomy notes

moved back to Herpailurus from Puma

Taxonomy notes citation

Segura V., Prevosti F. & Cassini G. 2013. Cranial ontogeny in the Puma lineage, Puma concolor, Herpailurus yagouaroundi, and Acinonyx jubatus (Carnivora: Felidae): A three-dimensional geometric morphometric approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169, 235-250.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005991

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Felis panamensis

(J. A. Allen, 1904)

Family

Felidae

Root name

panamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-18946

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-18946

Authority page

71

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Felis yaguarondi tolteca

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Felidae

Root name

toltecus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.2.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0acc2ce6-cfc1-415a-8cb9-01c7884923df

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365228

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Felis yaguarondi melantho

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Family

Felidae

Root name

melantho

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.6.17.10

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

350

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15818587

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Felis Eyra

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Felidae

Root name

eyra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

xii, 228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130313

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xii, 228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Lesson (1827:195, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  5. Lahille (1899:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  6. Goeldi & Hagmann (1904:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41783248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37832)

Felis apache

(Mearns, 1901)

Family

Felidae

Root name

apache

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A1373

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c7cb1b5b-dbac-461a-8ac0-025f1dd30e40

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339103

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis cacomitli

(Berlandier, 1859)

Family

Felidae

Root name

cacomitli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A1426

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e07bc5ea-aecb-4f14-8221-aa796e7a6cc4

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Washington

Felis fossata

(Mearns, 1901)

Family

Felidae

Root name

fossatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A7036

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3766e69d6-4d5a-441d-8404-cfb45549fad7

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339103

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Felis yagouaroundi

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yagouaroundi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Felis concolor Var. D. Felis unicolor

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Felis yaguarondi panamensis

(G. G. Goodwin, 1946)

Family

Felidae

Root name

panamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

443

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Felis yagouarundi

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yagouarundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

105

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Puma yagouaroundi ameghinoi

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

ameghinoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma yagouaroundi cacomitli

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

cacomitli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma yagouaroundi eyra

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

eyra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma yagouaroundi fossata

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

fossata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma yagouaroundi melantho

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

melantho

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma yagouaroundi panamensis

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

panamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma yagouaroundi tolteca

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

tolteca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma yagouaroundi

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yagouaroundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Puma yagouaroundi yagouaroundi

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yagouaroundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Herpailurus yagouaroundi

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Felidae

Root name

yagouaroundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

524

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

  1. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9948/50653167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Felis mellivora

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Felidae

Root name

mellivora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Felis yaguarondi

(de Lacépède, 1809)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yaguarondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 10

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis jaguarondi

(G. Cuvier, 1809)

Family

Felidae

Root name

jaguarondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498808

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1842:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Yaugouroundi

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yaugouroundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130313

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Felis eira

(A. G. Desmarest, 1816)

Family

Felidae

Root name

eira

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18033981

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Ihering (1911:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis mellivora

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Felidae

Root name

mellivorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

231

Authority publication

book

Felis unicolor

(Traill, 1819)

Family

Felidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

170

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

felis yaguaroundi

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yaguaroundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

230

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523994

Authority publication

Paris

Felis yaguarundi

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yaguarundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207659

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Tschudi (1845:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
  3. Hensel (1872:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15561869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37365)
  4. True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  5. Lahille (1899:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  6. Goeldi & Hagmann (1904:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41783248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37832)
  7. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  8. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis Darwinii

(W. C. L. Martin, 1837)

Family

Felidae

Root name

darwinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30570889

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Felis Yagouaroundi

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yagouaroundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40299754

Authority publication

London

Leopardus yagouarondi

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yagouarondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729637

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Felis Yaguarundi

(von Tschudi, 1844)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yaguarundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089024

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Felis eyra

(Alfaro, 1897)

Family

Felidae

Root name

eyra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

18

Authority publication

San José

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis yaguarundi

(Alfaro, 1897)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yaguarundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · subsequent_usage

Authority page

17

Authority publication

San José

Felis ameghinoi

(Holmberg, 1898)

Family

Felidae

Root name

ameghinoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

485

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Felis eyra

(E. A. Goeldi & Hagmann, 1904)

Family

Felidae

Root name

eyra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41783248

Authority publication

Boletim do Museu Goeldi (Museu Paraense) de Historia Natural e Ethnographia

Felis yuaguarundi

(von Ihering, 1911)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yuaguarundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798681

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

Ihering (1911:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10798681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37348)

Herpailurus jaguarundi jaguarundi

J. A. Allen, 1916

Family

Felidae

Root name

jaguarundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

579

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Herpailurus yaguarondi yaguarondi

J. A. Allen, 1919

Family

Felidae

Root name

yaguarondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Felis yaguarondi

(O. Thomas, 1920)

Family

Felidae

Root name

yaguarondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636959

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1920:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16393)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Herpailurus yaguarondi

Cabrera & Yepes, 1940

Family

Felidae

Root name

yaguarondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Herpailurus jaguarondi

Sanderson, 1949

Family

Felidae

Root name

jaguarondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

769

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis darwini

(Cabrera, 1958)

Family

Felidae

Root name

darwini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

296

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis jaguarondi

(Cabrera, 1958)

Family

Felidae

Root name

jaguarondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Institutio Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis jagorarondi

(Ximénez, Langguth, & Praderi, 1972)

Family

Felidae

Root name

jagorarondi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Montevideo

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