Details for Ocelot

• Ocelot

  The Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized wild cat native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central, and South America. It is characterized by its beautiful, distinctive coat pattern of dark spots, stripes, and rosettes on a tawny background, providing excellent camouflage in its forest habitat. Ocelots are solitary and nocturnal predators, hunting small mammals (like rodents and opossums), birds, reptiles, and fish. They are agile climbers and good swimmers. While relatively widespread, their populations are declining due to habitat loss and fragmentation.

  

  Habitat: The Ocelot lives in United-states-of-america, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Belize, Panama, Guatemala, El-salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa-rica.