Wild Cats In South Texas

At 2011 Texas Parks Wildlife say there are four wild cat species in Texas USA.

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. The last encounter with a jaguar in South Texas was in the 1950s in the San Benito area. The single greatest threat to ocelots is loss of habitat.

The wild cats of Texas represent the most mysterious and beautiful elements of our native fauna. Bobcats are about twice the size of a domestic cat with a muscular physique and prominently pointed ears. Ocelot kittens are born blind after about a month their eyes finally open and they start to develop different colors on their fur.

Both live in far south Texas and consume similar prey species consisting of rabbits small birds and rodents. One of the rarest and most striking wild cats in the United States is getting a helping hand in South Texas. Bobcats are quite populous in the South Texas brush country.

Apparently the cats were disruptive to the large white-tail deer and quail that the game ranch contained. The conservation status where known of every wild cat species has been. Of the 40 wild cat species only the lion typically lives and hunts in groups.

Many wild cats species are either endangered or threatened. Wild animals prefer to live far away from civilization. Current estimates are that fewer than 50 of these wild cats are left in the US with all of them residing in South Texas.

Rare Wildcat Spotted in Texas. 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. As the locals of Delhi Texas reported in the mid-1980s several jaguarundis were relocated to Bastrop and Caldwell counties from a large game ranch in south Texas.