What Small native cat to North and South America did Carl B. Koford make studies on in the 50's and 70's?
Jaguarundi The jaguarundi ("Puma yagouaroundi") ( ) or eyra cat is a small wild cat native to southern North America and South America. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2002. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain. The megareserves of the Amazon Basin are probably the only conservation units that can sustain long-term viable populations.
Ring-tailed cat The ringtail ("Bassariscus astutus") is a mammal of the raccoon family, native to arid regions of North America. It is also known as the ringtail cat, ring-tailed cat, miner's cat or bassarisk, and is also sometimes called a "civet cat" (after similar, though unrelated, cat-like omnivores of Asia and Africa). The ringtail is sometimes called a cacomistle, though this term seems to be more often used to refer to "Bassariscus sumichrasti".