Jaguarundi Eyra Cat

The jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi syn. Herpailurus yagouaroundi), also called eyra cat, is a small-sized wild cat native to Central and South America. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as Least Concern, although they considered it likely that no conservation units beyond the mega-reserves of the Amazon basin could sustain long-term viable populations. It is probably extinct in Texas. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain.
In some Spanish speaking countries, the jaguarundi is also called "gato colorado", "gato moro", "león brenero", "onza", and "tigrillo", leoncillo. Leoncillo means little lion. It is also called gato-mourisco, eirá, gato-preto and maracajá-preto in Portuguese. "Jaguarundi" comes from Old Tupi yawaum'di.