Wild Cats In South Texas

The MOUNTAIN LION aka puma or cougar is found in the Trans-Pecos of west Texas southern portions of.

Wild cats in south texas. Posted on February 7 2015 by Michael Broad. The single greatest threat to ocelots is loss of habitat. Camera traps in a south Texas wildlife refuge spotted a new ocelot roaming through the park.

We have been dedicated to. Throughout the years I have learned that nothing grabs the attention of an outdoors lover quicker than a wild cat encounter. 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.

The jaguarundi and the margay occur. Rare Wildcat Spotted in Texas. 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 conservation status where known of every wild cat species has been. Both live in far south Texas and consume similar prey species consisting of rabbits small birds and rodents.

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. The jaguarundi shares characteristics with the ocelot. South Texas had originally five species of wild cats.

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. Apparently the cats were disruptive to the large white-tail deer and quail that the game ranch contained. At 2011 Texas Parks Wildlife say there are four wild cat species in Texas USA.