Wild Cats In South Texas

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.

Wild cats in south texas. Of late south Texas and the Hill Country seem to be the hot spots for black panther sightings. There are several kinds of wild cats that call Texas home. Apparently the cats were disruptive to the large white-tail deer and quail that the game ranch contained.

Mountain lion sightings are not unheard of in this part of south Texas but as with other sightings it is the apparent melanism of the big cat witnessed that makes this incident even more unique. Yet sightings of these big cats continue to roll in on a. One of the rarest and most striking wild cats in the United States is getting a helping hand in South Texas.

Eighty or fewer ocelots ornately spotted middle-weight felids resembling undersized. Currently found only in extreme southern Texas. Today only bobcats remain fairly common.

Bobcats ocelots jaguarundi mountain lion and jaguar. Many wild cats species are either endangered or threatened. 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.

Camera traps in a south Texas wildlife refuge spotted a new ocelot roaming through the park. The jaguarundi and the margay occur. There are two types of bobcats in Texas.

Not much larger than a house cat the jaguarundi. Of the 40 wild cat species only the lion typically lives and hunts in groups. The conservation status where known of every wild cat species has been.