Wild Cats In South Texas

The single greatest threat to ocelots is loss of habitat.

Wild cats in south texas. Many wild cats species are either endangered or threatened. Since the jaguarundis were a protected species they were trapped and. The conservation status where known of every wild cat species has been.

At 2011 Texas Parks Wildlife say there are four wild cat species in Texas USA. Wild animals prefer to live far away from civilization. The jaguarundi and the margay occur.

However many have become endangered and are rare sightings sticking closely to South Texas. Apparently the cats were disruptive to the large white-tail deer and quail that the game ranch contained. Of late south Texas and the Hill Country seem to be the hot spots for black panther sightings.

There are several kinds of wild cats that call Texas home. Both live in far south Texas and consume similar prey species consisting of rabbits small birds and rodents. South Texas had originally five species of wild cats.

Hidden away between Brownsville and Port Isabel is the habitat of rare ocelots small wild cats which are native to Texas. Posted on February 7 2015 by Michael Broad. The MOUNTAIN LION aka puma or cougar is found in the Trans-Pecos of west Texas southern portions of.

Currently found only in extreme southern Texas. Today only bobcats remain fairly common. As the locals of Delhi Texas reported in the mid-1980s several jaguarundis were relocated to Bastrop and Caldwell counties from a large game ranch in south Texas.