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EYRA (Felis eyra)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 101 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EYRA (Felis eyra) , a See also:South See also:American See also:wild See also:cat, of See also:weasel-like build, and See also:uniform coloration, varying in different individuals from reddish-yellow to See also:chestnut. It is found in See also:Brazil, See also:Guiana and See also:Paraguay, and extends its range to the Rio del Norte, „but is rare See also:north of the See also:isthmus of See also:Panama. Little is known of its habits in a wild See also:state, beyond the fact that it is a See also:forest-dweller, active in See also:movement and fierce in disposition. Several have been exhibited in the See also:London Zoological Gardens, and some have grown See also:gentle in captivity. See also:Don See also:Felix de See also:Azara wrote of one which he kept on a See also:chain that it was " as gentle and playful as any kitten could be.” The name is sometimes applied to, the See also:jaguarondi.

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