An alleged Mexican feline

 The story of the wild cat of Nayarit 

  Among the small felines that populate Mexico we can highlight the jaguarundi, the ocelot and the margay, as usual representatives in the mountain regions, but today we will see a case with little information about a possible feline that would live in Nayarit, let's learn about this, thank you for reading, I hope you support, we begin.

This is the wild cat of Nayarit, a supposed animal described as a feline with a length of 10 to 15 cm long, having different shades of brown with dark stripes on the flanks and upper part of the legs, its lower extremities being dark brown to black, This one apparently has no facial markings and is distinguished by a large collar on its neck that covers its ears. Its legs are long and have large, hairy paws, which have bright yellow retractable claws, also having a tail 45 cm long.

This is well known by the residents of the area.

Evidence and theories 

   Despite how little is known about the case, if empirical evidence of its existence has been collected, this in 1940, When zoologist Ivan T Sanderson bought two pelts of this strange-looking cat in a mountain town in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, but were later lost in a flood during a tropical storm that hit the area where they were stored at the Sanderson base in Belize.

According to him, he had also seen another skin for sale in Colima the same year, the skins were described as 6 feet long and with a foot and a half of tail, Being the second skin, smaller and in worse condition, but with darker stripes, everything that is known about this animal is based on these skins and apart from any misplaced theory, It is theorized that these animals are a subspecies of the ocelot or lynx native to the Mexican mountains not yet detected or, a feral cat with abnormalities.

This case does not have much information and I have expanded this case as best as possible, I apologize if it is short, I leave the rest to your discretion.

[Reading links]

http://www.newanimal.org/ruffedcats.htm