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Old 02-02-2007 | 10:59 AM
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Default RE: Camp Ground around Green Swamp ???

ORIGINAL: Rebel Hog

You Guys Who Hunt Green Swamp, watch out for the Green Swamp Cat!!!!





I cant believe i found this. But this is copied off the FWC Non Native Website

Florida's Exotic Wildlife. Species detail.



Jaguarundi
Herpailurus yagouaroundi

First year: 1934
Extirpated year:



Established status: Species have populations whose status is unknown.

Estimated Florida range: 8 counties Not reported breeding


Statewide trend: Unknown status

Threats to natives: Unknown

Species Account:This small cat is a native of Texas to South America. No specimen has been found in Florida, and the evidence for its presence consists of scattered eyewitness accounts which are suspect, given the jaguarundi's similarity to domestic cats. There have also been some sightings of this animal reported in coastal Alabama. The absence of road-killed specimens in Florida argues strongly against the presence of anything more than isolated escapees. The Jaguarundi has been on the United States Endangered Species List since 1976.

Habitats:Flatwoods,Mesic Hammocks
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