Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 224063
Alternative combinations: Felis yagouaroundi, Herpailurus yagouaroundi, Leopardus yagouaroundi
Synonyms: Felis apache Mearns 1901 (no. 231957), Felis darwini Martin 1837 (no. 231952), Felis jaguarondi Fischer 1814 [objective synonym] (no. 231949), Felis unicolor Trail 1819 (no. 231951)
Belongs to Puma according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Puma concolor, Puma lacustris
Subtaxa: Herpailurus yagouaroundi ameghinoi, Herpailurus yagouaroundi cacomitli, Herpailurus yagouaroundi eyra, Herpailurus yagouaroundi fossata, Herpailurus yagouaroundi melantho, Herpailurus yagouaroundi panamensis, Herpailurus yagouaroundi tolteca, Herpailurus yagouaroundi yagouaroundi
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Average measurements (in mm): m1 9.10 x 3.85, femur length 123.0, humerus length 101.5, radius length 82.9, skull 92.2 x 61.2, tibia length 117.6, ulna length 82.5
Estimated body mass: 4.58 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length