The huiña or yaw is a mountain cat. a medium endemic feline of the southern South American Pacific (Peru, Chile and Argentina). It is also called red cat. The word yaw, huina or better still-wina is a mapuche word that means that it changed of dwelling, that turned purple, red. For Chileans, the Word also means opportunistic, thief. Its scientific name is Leopardus guigna and belongs to the family Felidae.
