yagouaroundi

English

Alternative forms

• yagouarundi

Noun

yagouaroundi

1. Alternative form of jaguarundi
   • 1821, Edward Griffith, General and Particular Descriptions of the Vertebrated Animals, page 86:

     Azara, who describes this animal, states, that there is some uncertainty as to its name; but he believes that this, as well as his yagouaroundi, is known by the name eira.

   • 1839, Charles Darwin, “Part 29 Harvard Classics”, in Voyage of the Beagle, →ISBN, page 38:

     I profited, however, by my acquaintance with the Portuguese padre, for on another occasion he gave me a fine specimen of the Yagouaroundi

Quotations

• 2005, Ronald M. Nowak, Walker's carnivores of the world, →ISBN, page 254:

  F. yagouaroundi has been reported to live in pairs in Paraguay but to be solitary in Mexico.

• 2011, John P. Rafferty, Carnivores: Meat-Eating Mammals:

  The jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi), also spelled jaguarondi, is a small, unspotted New World cat (family Felidae) that is also known as the otter-cat because of its otterlike appearance and swimming ability.