Jaguarundi Eyra Cat

Jaguarundis have also been sighted in the U.S. state of Florida since the early 20th century. The species is thought to be introduced there, but it is not known when the introduction occurred. Their presence in Florida is said to have been the work of a writer who at some point imported the animals from their native habitat and released them near his hometown of Chiefland and in other locations across the state. No live or dead specimens have been found, but there have been many sightings considered credible by biologists. The earliest of these occurred in 1907, and was followed by various additional sightings throughout the Florida Peninsula from the 1930s through the 1950s. The first official report was released in 1942. There were significantly fewer reliable sightings after that, and by 1977 W. T. Neill concluded in a report that the population had declined. However, sightings have continued. There have also been sightings of jaguarundis in the coastal area of the U.S. state of Alabama. This may be evidence of the Florida population migrating westward.
The jaguarundi has been sighted around the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
• Distribution of subspecies
Puma yagouaroundi yagouaroundi (Geoffroy, 1803), Geoffroy's Jaguarundi — Guyana and the Amazon Rainforest;