The jungle wildcat or Peruvian jungle wildcat is a cryptid small cat reported from montane forests in Peru's Lower Rio Urubamba region. It is described as a tabby-coloured animal the size of a domestic cat, with long canines, and is said to hunt for birds and rodents in packs of ten or more individuals, sometimes accompanied by ocelots and jaguars.[1][2][3]
Similar cryptids[]
Other pack-hunting cryptid cats of South America include the tsere-yawá and jiukam-yawá of Ecuador, and the larger waracabra tiger of Guyana.[3]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Hocking, Peter J. "Large Peruvian Mammals Unknown to Zoology", Cryptozoology 11 (1992)
- ↑ Eberhart, George M. (2002) Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, ABC-CLIO, Inc., ISBN 1576072835
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shuker, Karl P. N. ShukerNature: THE WARRACABA TIGER AND OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN PACK-HUNTING MYSTERY CATS karlshuker.blogspot.com [Accessed 29 May 2019]