How do you pronounce ‘margay’?
Please click on the audio file below to hear how you pronounce ‘margay’. Just add an ‘s’ to make it plural! It is exactly as expected. It may surprise you as to why I did this but it is a … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Margay
What does the margay eat?
The margay is a small wild cat species in between the size of an ocelot and an oncilla. They are fabulous tree climbers with double jointed ankles which allow them to behave like monkeys when climbing. You can read about … Continue reading →
Where are margays found?
At 2019: The countries where margays are found are listed below: Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador French Guiana Guatemala Guyana Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela Boliva The states from Brazil to … Continue reading →
Which cat is the best climber?
I have decided that the margay is the best climber. This is quite a difficult question because all cats are good to excellent climbers. Of the big cats perhaps the leopard is the strongest climber but the tiger climbs beautifully … Continue reading →
How many margays are left in the wild?
The very best sources of information about this cat tells me that no one knows how many margays are left in the wild. That might sound bizarre but it is true. We do know that in the areas where they … Continue reading →
The wild cat species who failed to become the domestic cat
The DNA of all domestic cats has no trace of any wild cat species other than the African wildcat (also Near Eastern wildcat and Arabian wildcat – felis silvestris lybica). However, 10,000 years ago, there were a number of other … Continue reading →
Private Ownership of Wild Cats
We are told that “extreme animal rights fanatics” are causing a crisis in private ownership of wild cats in the United States¹. I don’t believe this. If there is a crisis with respect to wild cat ownership it is due … Continue reading →
Tame Margay Cat Picture
Here is a really nice tame margay cat picture. It is by Mark Low! on Flickr (a link to the original photo is at the base of the page). It is published with his permission. The reason why this margay … Continue reading →
Margay Range
This page is about the Margay generally The distribution of the margay (Leopardus wiedii) is highlighted in the embedded range map below. However, this page deals with more than the range of this wild cat species. I had left the … Continue reading →
Margay Cats
This page on margay cats is a continuation from the major page on this cat, which is here: Margay Range. The most important aspect of the wild cats is the continual impact human activity has on the range (distribution) of … Continue reading →