jaguarondin.
/dʒaɡwəˈrɒndi//jaɡwɑːˈrɒndi/ A wild cat ( Felis yaguarundi, Desmarest), larger than the common cat, dark brown or brownish grey in colour, with a long body and tail, inhabiting America from Texas to Paraguay.
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1885 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV.
1897 L. Robinson Wild Traits 239 Possibly also in [the case] of the male and female jaguarondi..it occasionally exists.
1906 E. Ingersoll Life Animals: Mammals 105 It is a question whether the eyra and yaguarundi are not varieties of the same species.
1955 Sci. News Let. 30 July 78/2 The southwestern states, bordering on Mexico, have four exotic big cats—ocelots, jaguars, margays, and jaguarundis or eyras.
1959 A. S. Leopold Wildlife Mexico 482 Little is known of the jaguarundi.
1964 L. S. Crandall Managem. Wild Mammals in Captivity 368 The jaguarundi is a shy, secretive creature.
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