Herpailurus Severtzov, 1858

Bezerra, Alexandra Maria Ramos & Bordallo, Samanta Uchôa, 2018, Neotropical felid specimens at the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: species, distribution, and morphometric data, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58, pp. 1-19 : 3-4

Herpailurus Severtzov, 1858 Herpailurus yagouaroundi

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Common names: Eyra Cat (English); Jaguarundi, Gatomourisco (Brazilian Portuguese).

Localities: BRAZIL, 20 specimens ( Fig. 2 ): Amapá: Rio Araguary (= Rio Araguari; see Comments 1, below): MPEG 6819 (male, skull). Pará: Ilhas do Pará (= Marajó archipelago): MPEG 150 (male, skull) ; Ipixuna do Pará: MPEG 38326 (unknown sex, skin) ; Monte Alegre , baixo Amazonas: MPEG 149 (male, skull; see Comments 2, below) ; Monte Alegre, Colônia (agrícola) Inglês de Souza : MPEG 670 (male, skin and skull) ; Muaná, Ilha do Marajó, Rio São Miguel , fazenda São Miguel: MPEG 25399 (unknown sex, skull and postcranium) ; Óbidos : MPEG 5642 (male, skull), MPEG 5645 (female, skull) ; Oriximiná, cachoeira Porteira, estrada de acesso à Perimetral Norte, alto Rio Trombetas :

MPEG 10206 (female, skin and skull) ; Paragominas, Rio Gurupizinho , fazenda CupuaÇu: MPEG 11834 (male, skin) ; Paragominas, Vale S /A, Estrada MineraÇão: MPEG 40981 (male, skin) ; Santarém, Taperinha: MPEG 5616 (male, skull), MPEG 5633 (female,skull), MPEG 5643 (male, skull), MPEG 5644 (male, skull), MPEG 5646 (male, skull), MPEG 5647 (male, skull), MPEG 5648 (male, skull) ; Tucuruí, Rio Tocantins, margem esquerda: MPEG 22614 (male, skin). Rio Grande do Sul: Fontoura Xavier : MPEG 22202 (male, skin). Jardim Zoológico (Zoological Garden), 2 specimens: MPEG 4147 (female,skull), MPEG 4128 (male, skull). Parque Zoobotânico Emilio Goeldi, Belém, Pará, BRAZIL, 1 specimen: MPEG 10244 (female, skin, skull and postcranium). Unknown locality, 3 specimens: MPEG 6498 , MPEG 6500 (females, skull) ; MPEG 6503 (male, skull) .

Comments:

1) MPEG 6819 only with locality “ Rio Araguary ” ; there are two rivers with the name “Rio Araguari”, one near to Macapá, capital state of Amapá, another in Minas Gerais state, with headwaters in Serra da Canastra National Park flowing north into Paranaíba River, Goiás state border, central Brazil. Is probable that this specimen and the P. onca MPEG 6508 are both originate from this former region .

2) In Goeldi & Hagmann’s catalogue (1906) the number 149 (= ’n. 149’, pag. 66) refer to a Felis onÇa ‘ad litteram’ (= Panthera onca ). In the catalogue book of skulls of the ancient ‘Museu Paraense’, the specimen number 149 has the same data of the H. yagouaroundi specimen MPEG 149.

3) H. yagouaroundi is considered Vulnerable in Brazil, (DOU, 2014), and is included in CITES Appendix II (CITES,2017) due danger of be hunting for trade. Loss habitat and fragmentation considered as forthcoming threats ( IUCN, 2017).

Figures

Figure 2. Localities of Herpailurus yagouaroundi at the Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi.