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OCELOT FACTS
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Description
Ocelots have short tawny to reddish brown fur marked with black spots and rosettes. The underside is lighter or white in color. They have a white spot on the back of each ear and white markings around the eyes and mouth. The tail has black bands the face has two black stripes at each side.
Size
Head and body length 55cm - 100cm. Tail length 30cm - 45cm. Weight: males 10 - 11.5 kg; females 8.8 - 9.4 kg.
Environment
Forest, rainforest, scrub, mountain areas with dense cover.
Food
small to medium-sized mammals such as rabbits and rodents. Also frogs, fish, reptiles.
Breeding
One or two young (rarely 3) are born after gestation period of 79 - 85 days.
Range
South west Texas to northern Argentina
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Carnivora | | Family: | Felidae | | Genus: | Leopardus | | Species: | pardalis | | Common Name: | Ocelot |
Relatives in same Genus
Margay (L. weidii)
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