Ocelot
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae
Leopardus
Leopardus pardalis
The Ocelot climbs well and silently, and sometimes even catches birds perched in trees. Its principal foods include mice, rats, rabbits, birds, snakes, lizards, fish, frogs, and young or small domestic… More »
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Ocelots are now legally protected. The species is listed as endangered. The biggest threats to the ocelot population is deforestation and habitat destruction. Ocelots reach sexual maturity between 18 to 24 months.
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The motor vehicle has become the ocelot’s primary enemy. It is estimated that 2% of its ocelot population is lost on the roads that pass through the refuge. It gets worse.
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Animal fact sheet on the South American ocelot Leopardus pardalis. ... The estimated population of the Texas ocelot is less than 100 animals, which exist in small, isolated groups. During the 1970's and 80's, the ocelot population was decimated by the fur trade, with hundreds of thousands taken.
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The fur of the Ocelot, with its dark brown irregular shaped spots and stripes, edged with black on a yellow/tawny background give this lithe, medium size cat a most distinctive appearance. ... Generally the ocelot population has fallen to such levels that today the cat is listed in CITES Appendix 1 as an endangered species.
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(2005b) calculated as 12% for an ocelot population. The standard deviation of ocelot carrying capacity calculated by Haines et al. (2005b) was based on variations of estimates for adult male and female ocelot home range size.
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Laack said poaching has been a problem in the past, but the largest reason behind the dwindling ocelot population is habitat loss. Ocelots are only known to have functioning breeding populations in Laguna Atascosa and in some brushland in northern Cameron County.
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As far back as the Aztecs, the ocelot has been hunted for its beautiful coat. Hunting, along with the clearing of brush lands in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, have definitely threatened the ocelot population...
research.biology.arizona.edu/mosquito/willott/323/proje... research.biology.arizona.edu/mosquito/willott/323/project/endcats/Ocelot.html