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The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) (/??ægw?'r?ndi/ ZHAG-w?-RUN-dee) or eyra is a small wild cat native to southern North America and South America. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2002. The megareserves of the Amazon Basin are probably the only conservation units that can sustain long-term viable populations. In some Spanish-speaking countries, the jaguarundi is also called gato colorado, gato moro, león brenero, tigrillo, and leoncillo. The Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation of its common English and Portuguese name is [??gw??u'd?i]. It is also called gato-mourisco, eirá, gato-preto, and maracajá-preto in Portuguese. Jaguarundi comes from Old Tupi yawaum'di (Wikipedia).

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Kevin Smith 28 Aug 2019

Bravo! You are so talented!

Artist Reply: Excellent reference always helps, thank you

Joanie Holliday 28 Aug 2019

BEAUTIFUL WORK MY FRIEND

Artist Reply: thanks.. told you I was busy..