Black Wild Cats In Texas

Jaguarundis are bobcat-sized wild cats typically reaching a weight of 20 pounds and they can also have very dark fur.

Black wild cats in texas. William Ward of Mixon took a picture of a bobcat on his game camera. People have a hard time judging the size of cats. Not much larger than a house cat the jaguarundi.

They are here just few and far between and can range over 100 miles. Often times he would have to walk the chicken houses in the early morning around 4am and 5am in the morning. The African black footed cat can also be called the small spotted catit has a lifespan of about 10 years.

Surprisingly only the soles of its feet are black. 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. Eleven adult ocelots 8 male and 3 female and two kittens were photographed.

Ocelot Leopardus pardalis The beautiful ocelot is a spotted and striped cat that now occupies a reduced habitat in far south Texas close to the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen. Theres no doubt that these large cats exist in texas. One day later in Abeline Texas sightings of a similar animalthis time accompanied by videowere reported which appear to indicate the presence of a similar large dark-colored feline.

Game wardens have said more of them are here in East Texas. One adult female and one adult male previously. About 30 years ago there was a cougar that weighed 125 lbs taken in Cherokee County.

Theres a Black Cat native to South-East Texas. They rarely if ever venture into the Texas Hill Country. Jaguars throw melanistic black offspring and recent research has shown melanism is a dominant trait.