The Jaguarundi is easy to recognize because it is, with the puma, the only felidae to have an uniform coat. It looks like a mustelidae so that it is called the otter cat. It presents three kinds of characteristic colours (black, russet and gray) that one can find in the same brood together.

One of the least kmown and least understood of all the cats, the Moutain Cat lives on the treeless, arid, rocky slopes of the Andes, where it hunts large rodents such as Chinchillas and Vizcachas. Records suggest that it does not occur below 3,000 metres and that it can reach an elevation of as much as 5,000 metres or even higher.

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The GEOFFROY's Cat, was named after the French naturalist GEOFFROY St. Hilaire. It is about the same size as a large domestic cat, but with a slightly shorter tail and a slightly longer head. A small, nocturnal hunter of small mammals and birds, this is the "cooler" of the South American cats, preferring the less tropical, more temperate regions of the continent, where it inhabits broken woodland rather than dense forest.

The Pampas Cat (Felis colocolo) is mainly a terrestrial cat and is typically found in the long grasses of the Pampas, where it can hide and hunt. It does, however, have a wider range of habitats than most South American felines and in some regions becomes much more arboreal. Its body is little bigger than that of an ordinary domestic cat. It is a nocturnal hunter, seeking out small mammals, especially guinea-pigs, and ground-living birds. Little else is known about its life in the wild. As with so many feline species, the Pampas Cat has suffered heavily at the hands of fur-trappers.