Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Texas Status Endangered U.S. Status Endangered, Listed 3/28/1972 Description Ocelots are members of the cat family. Their beautiful fur is a creamy color covered with reddish-brown spots outline in black.
OCELOT (Mexican Flalocelotl, literally field-jaguar, from Flalli, field, and ocelotl, tiger, jaguar), an American member (Felis pardalis) of the family Felidae, ranging from Arkansas in the north to Paraguay.
OcelotLeopardus pardalis
Location and Habitat
Ocelots are found throughout large parts of South and Central America. They are also located north into Mexico and even parts of southern United States.
Ocelot
Ocelots are medium-sized cats that live in rain forests and grasslands from South and Central America to the southwestern USA. These fast hunters eat small mammals, birds, fish and snakes. They are also very good swimmers.
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OCELOT FACTS
Description
Ocelots have short tawny to reddish brown fur marked with black spots and rosettes. The underside is lighter or white in color.
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Mammal. The ocelot is an amazing climber with a sleek, compact body, about twice the length of a housecat. Ocelots rest in the trees during the day, and hunt mostly on the ground at night.
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(äs´lt´´, ´s-), medium-sized cat, Felis pardalis, of Central and South America. It is occasionally found as far N as Texas.
OCELOT
The ocelot is a small nocturnal cat found in North and South America. The pattern and color of its coat allow it to blend in with its scrubland and forest habitats.
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: Family Felidae : Felis pardalis Linnaeus
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Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
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The Ocelot is from the order Carnivora. The Carnivora (or carnivores) are meat eating mammals.
OCELOT
Leopardus pardalis
STATUS:
Endangered.
DESCRIPTION:
Ocelots range in color from light yellow to reddish gray, with dark spots and stripes. They have dark stripes on their cheeks and their tailed have rings of dark fur.
Ocelots are excellent hunters and good swimmers. They feed on mice, rats, guinea pigs, monkeys, hares, small deer and, sometimes, poultry. Generally, they are solitary, except while breeding.
Ocelot Cats ranging in the New World from South Texas to parts of South America. It's coloring varies from tawny to gray with different patterns of black spots and, streaks, and rings.
Ocelot Range
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Type: Mammal Diet: Carnivore Size: 28 to 35 in (70 to 90 cm) Weight: 24 to 35 lbs (11 to 16 kg) Protection status: Threatened Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man: ...
The ocelot does most of its hunting at night. It rests in trees or dense brush during the day. It has a home range of between one and four square miles.
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Ocelot
Leopardus pardalis
The ocelot's attractive coat once made it a prime target of the fur trade.
Subspecies
L.p.aequatorialis, L.p.albescens, L.p.maripensis, L.p.mitis, L.p.pseudopardalis, L.p.pusaeus, L.p.sonoriensis, L.p.steinbachi.
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Felis pardalis
Range:
Found from Southwest Texas to Paraguay and North Argentina; also in the mountainous areas of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The Ocelot was once native to Southwest Arizona, but it's doubtful if it ranges into Arizona today.
Brazilian ocelots are found in southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
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Ocelot
This feline is well-known for its beautiful spotted fur. Ocelots are carnivores that eat small mammals, reptiles and birds. Although ocelots can climb they hunt on the ground by chasing prey.
Ocelot Habits
Territory: Ocelots live in forests and scrubland. They are extremely well camouflaged. In a forest habitat the coat is golden in colour, whereas in scrubland, it has a greyish tinge to its fur.
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
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Texas Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis albescens)
The Texas ocelot is classified as a member of the order Carnivora (Carnivores) and is a member of the family Felidae.
Ocelots occur in a wide range of habitats, from rain forest to savanna to dry, scrubby terrain, at mid- to low elevations from Texas and Arizona to northern Argentina.
Ocelots are known for their beautiful coats. They have a short pelage that is marked with both black spots and rosettes. The base color ranges from tawny to reddish brown. Their ventral surfaces tend to be lighter or white in color.
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Ocelots are wild cats from the Americas.
OKAPI
The Okapi is a nocturnal, giraffe-like mammal from African rainforests.
About Ocelot
The ocelots diet consists of mostly deer, monkeys, rodents and snakes. Females give birth to two kittens at a time. The male will help by bringing food to the den for the mother.
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Predators
Ocelots, margays, birds of prey, and snakes are known to eat motmots. Eggs and chicks may be eaten by small mammals and snakes.
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Jaguars, ocelots, and other cats prey on sloths.
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Sloths are in the same order-Xenarthra-as armadillos and anteaters. They live only in the New World (North and South America).
: The jaguar and ocelot are their natural enemies, while farmers hunt them relentlessly because of the damage they do to crops, and also because their meat is very tasty.
Sloths are preyed upon by ocelots and jaguars, particularly when sloths are on or near the ground. Harpy eagles may take young sloths. When pressed, sloths can defend themselves effectively and vigorously with teeth and claws.
Top Predators: Jaguars, Cougars, Ocelots
Largest Animal: The Tapir
Rodent: Capybara (The World's Largest Rodent!)
Reptiles: Anaconda, Bushmaster (poisonous snake) and Caimans (several species; the largest is the black caiman) ...
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Meles meles (Eurasian Badger)
Mirounga leonina (Southern Elephant Seal)
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The small cats include some of the most delightful animals you will see in a zoo: animals like the delicate margay, the beautiful ocelot, the lithe jaguarundi.
Cats (Felidae) are a diverse group of carnivores that includes domestic cats, lions, tigers, ocelots, jaguars, caracals, leopards, mountain lions, lynx and many other groups of cats.
Also, jaguars and ocelots are a danger when the sloth is on the ground. On the ground it moves extremely slowly. Surprisingly, sloths are good swimmers. The probable maximun Sloth lifespan is between 30 and 40 years.
Their predators consist of poachers, snakes, ocelots, bamboo rats, wild dogs, and owls. Since they are social and family loving, to protect themselves from predators they mob their predators.
Although uncommon, some individuals have been found spotted with rosettes similar to an ocelot. They have white underparts. They are named for their short or "bobbed" tail. Bobcats stand approximately 45-58 cm (19-22 inches) high at the withers.
Capybaras protect themselves from predators by diving into the nearest body of water and hiding. Their enemies include large snakes such as the anaconda, jaguars, ocelots, pumas, the harpy eagle, and humans, who will eat them if they can catch them, ...
Differs from other cats in lack of spotting in adult pelage. Young mountain lion differs from the ocelot in having the spot not arranged in rows or chainlike streaks. See Hoffmeister (1986) for cranial differences between mountain lion and jaguar.
They mark their territory and travel routes with special scent marking from glands located on the chest and belly. They are found alone or sometimes in small groups. Enemies of the Kinkajou are the Fox, Tayra, Margay, Jaguar, Ocelot, ...
(Mustela erminea), long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata), striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura), white-backed hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus), northern raccoon (Procyon lotor), bobcat (Lynx rufus), and ocelot ...
 See also: Jaguar, Leopard, Margay, Tiger, Lion
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