Wild Cats In South Texas

Of the 40 wild cat species only the lion typically lives and hunts in groups.

Wild cats in south texas. Eighty or fewer ocelots ornately spotted middle-weight felids resembling undersized. Four primarily Central American cats jaguar jaguarundi ocelot and margay currently or historically ranged northward into the brushland south of San Antonio from Mexico. Hidden away between Brownsville and Port Isabel is the habitat of rare ocelots small wild cats which are native to Texas.

The last encounter with a jaguar in South Texas was in the 1950s in the San Benito area. Here at Laguna Atascosa National Park in Cameron County there are three varieties of wild cats. The jaguarundi and the margay occur.

Camera traps in a south Texas wildlife refuge spotted a new ocelot roaming through the park. Posted on February 7 2015 by Michael Broad. Bobcats ocelots jaguarundi mountain lion and jaguar.

Rare Wildcat Spotted in Texas. Apparently the cats were disruptive to the large white-tail deer and quail that the game ranch contained. They rarely if ever venture into the Texas Hill Country.

The wild cats of Texas represent the most mysterious and beautiful elements of our native fauna. However many have become endangered and are rare sightings sticking closely to South Texas. The MOUNTAIN LION aka puma or cougar is found in the Trans-Pecos of west Texas southern portions of.

The desert bobcat is found in the west and northwest regions of the state while the Texas bobcat roams throughout the rest of the state. At 2011 Texas Parks Wildlife say there are four wild cat species in Texas USA. According to the Texas Parks Wildlife Department breeding populations of wild mountain lions are found only in the Big Bend Trans-Pecos region and deep south Texas in close proximity to the Rio Grande.