Predators of the South American coati include foxes, jaguars, jaguarundis, domestic dogs, and people. Natural predators include jaguars, cougars, jaguarundis, coyotes, tayras, snakes, crocodiles and birds of prey. Coati predators include jaguarundis, anacondas, maned wolves, boa constrictors, foxes, dogs, tayras, ocelots, and jaguars. A study showed jaguarundis take vertebrate prey on an average everyday. It is believed that some jaguarundis were unintentionally released in the wild in the 1940s. Tawny jaguarundis bear a similar coloration as the significantly larger cougar. Predators recorded for jaguarundis include boa constrictors, cougars and domestic dogs. Jaguarundis tend to stay close to a source of running water. Jaguarundis become sexually mature at one to three years of age.