Order Carnivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 244 289 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352980 1ce75501-9bd6-4f4f-b9de-34a393211f7b 0-89327-235-3 7352980 Felis yagouaroundi E. Geoffrey, 1803 . Cat. Mamm. Mus . Nat. Hist. Nat., p. 124 . TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina , Buenos Aires . DISTRIBUTION: S. Brazil to Peru , north to S. Arizona and S. Texas ( U.S.A. ). COMMENT: Herpailurus is considered a valid genus by CPG. First available type locality from Martin, 1833, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833:3. Two color phases occur (AHS). PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae . CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. y. cacomitli subspecies only. CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. y. fossata subspecies only. CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. y. panamensis subspecies only. CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as F. y. tolteca subspecies only. ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001031001.