Wild Cats In South Texas

Throughout the years I have learned that nothing grabs the attention of an outdoors lover quicker than a wild cat encounter.

Wild cats in south texas. We have been dedicated to. Ocelot kittens are born blind after about a month their eyes finally open and they start to develop different colors on their fur. However many have become endangered and are rare sightings sticking closely to South Texas.

Mountain lion sightings are not unheard of in this part of south Texas but as with other sightings it is the apparent melanism of the big cat witnessed that makes this incident even more unique. There are several kinds of wild cats that call Texas home. Four primarily Central American cats jaguar jaguarundi ocelot and margay currently or historically ranged northward into the brushland south of San Antonio from Mexico.

The conservation status where known of every wild cat species has been. Of late south Texas and the Hill Country seem to be the hot spots for black panther sightings. One of the rarest and most striking wild cats in the United States is getting a helping hand in South Texas.

There are two types of bobcats in Texas. At 2011 Texas Parks Wildlife say there are four wild cat species in Texas USA. Since the jaguarundis were a protected species they were trapped and.

Current estimates are that fewer than 50 of these wild cats are left in the US with all of them residing in South Texas. The single greatest threat to ocelots is loss of habitat. 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.

Bobcats are about twice the size of a domestic cat with a muscular physique and prominently pointed ears. 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. The MOUNTAIN LION aka puma or cougar is found in the Trans-Pecos of west Texas southern portions of.