Wild Cats In South Texas

Of late south Texas and the Hill Country seem to be the hot spots for black panther sightings.

Wild cats in south texas. The MOUNTAIN LION aka puma or cougar is found in the Trans-Pecos of west Texas southern portions of. Rare Wildcat Spotted in Texas. Among Texas brags is listed a first in the variety of kinds of wild cats that roam her spacious acres.

One of the rarest and most striking wild cats in the United States is getting a helping hand in South Texas. The conservation status where known of every wild cat species has been. Eighty or fewer ocelots ornately spotted middle-weight felids resembling undersized.

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. Bobcats are about twice the size of a domestic cat with a muscular physique and prominently pointed ears. Posted on February 7 2015 by Michael Broad.

Hidden away between Brownsville and Port Isabel is the habitat of rare ocelots small wild cats which are native to 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. Camera traps in a south Texas wildlife refuge spotted a new ocelot roaming through the park.

Ocelots are in small numbers near the Rio Grande mountain lions range in small numbers throughout South Texas and jaguarundis and jaguars havent been documented in this region for a long time. However many have become endangered and are rare sightings sticking closely to South Texas. It was the sighting of a cougar in 1987 that I consider to be one of the most pivotal moments in my life.

The wild cats of Texas represent the most mysterious and beautiful elements of our native fauna. The single greatest threat to ocelots is loss of habitat. Currently found only in extreme southern Texas.