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The jaguarundi is fairly common in Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. [42] It is possibly extirpated in the United States; [1] a 1999 study refuted claims of sightings in Arizona, in the Huachuca Mountains in Santa Cruz County. [43] [44] The last confirmed sighting in the U.S. was of a roadkilled individual near Brownsville, Texas, in 1986. [42]
The biggest threat to the Gulf Coast jaguarundis is the Mexico–U.S. border fence, as it fragments populations and prevents migration. [19] Additionally, jaguarundis are facing habitat loss, so the Fish and Wildlife Service is planting shrubs and plants found in a jaguarundi's natural environment in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. [18]
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Jointly owned by the Texas General Land Office and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, cooperatively managed as the Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge and State Natural Area, by the Texas Parks and Wildlife. The Matagorda Island Light (1852) is still found on the island. Area 4 Moore Plantation WMA Sabine County and Jasper County: 26,772 ...
Spring Creek is a creek that divides Harris and Montgomery County in Southeast Texas. It is the only natural creek in both Harris and Montgomery County. The Creek flows into the west fork of the San Jacinto River west of Lake Houston. Spring Creek flows through the cities of Tomball, the northern part of Spring, The Woodlands, and Kingwood.
Topographic map of Texas. This is a list of mammals of Texas. Mammals native to or immediately off the coast of the U.S. state of Texas are listed first. Introduced mammals, whether intentional or unintentional, are listed separately. The varying geography of Texas, the second largest state, provides a large variety of habitats for mammals.
The property was acquired by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 1977 and was opened to the public in December 2008. [2] A resaca is a type of oxbow lake that can be found in Texas, [3] and is a former channels of the Rio Grande. It is naturally cut off from the river, having no inlet or outlet.
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...