[Native name in Tupi-Guarani; written by Montoya Tesoro de la lengua Guarani 1639, yagua-rundi: cf. JAGUAR.] A wild cat (Felis yaguarundi, Desmarest), larger than the common cat, dark brown or brownish grey in color, with a long body and tail, inhabiting America from Texas to Paraguay.
1835. in Cassell’s Encycl. Dict.
1897. L. Robinson, Wild Traits in Tame Animals, 239. Possibly also in [the case] of the male and female jaguarondi … it occasionally exists.
