The wild cat news today is that the world’s first albino ocelot has been discovered in Colombia. And the news is not good because the discovery indicates that deforestation in Colombia is resulting in inbreeding of wild cat species because … continue reading…
Here are 18 facts about the hunting technique and behaviour of the ocelot. I start with some background information to set the scene and the facts are presented in bullet fashion. The ocelot, throughout a large part of its territory … continue reading…
There is one species of wild cat on Trinidad and Tobago and that species is the ocelot. This is confirmed by the geographic range of this well-known wild cat species as presented by the IUCN Red List. The people who … continue reading…
Well, yes, I would say ocelots can be dangerous for the following reasons: They are wild cats and therefore unsocialised to humans. They’ll be fearful of humans and may attack defensively. They are a medium-sized cat, roughly the size of … continue reading…
As the ocelot is a medium-sized cat, roughly the size of a bobcat they are not considered to be big cats. The phrase “big cats” refers to either cats that are big and/or a group of cats that roar and … continue reading…
Yes, it is believed that there are ocelots in the United States in 2020 but their numbers are incredibly small. Two different sources tell me that there are about 50 to 60 ocelots in the United States tucked into two … continue reading…
Ocelots mainly eat mammals such as opossums, rabbits, rats and mice. They also eat land crabs, insects, lizards, snakes, fish and birds. Although their feeding habits change with the seasons, due to the fluctuation in the population size of prey … continue reading…
The news surrounding Trump’s great wall has subsided but its construction is still on the table and it is still a danger to wildlife conservation and in particular for the ocelot. This beautiful but endangered small wild cat species has … continue reading…
CLICK TO READ ABOUT THE OCELOT Please be patient while the video loads and becomes playable. It is worth the wait. It is charming to see the rare ocelot playing with a dog companion at a rescue center in Peru. … continue reading…
Today in February 2019, online news media is chattering excitedly about a video from a camera trap of a wild ocelot meandering through the Arizona wilds. He looks very lonely; he should be because they are extremely rare. In fact … continue reading…
Against a promise to stop facilitating the trade in body parts of tigers, leopards and other endangered big cats, eBay and Facebook are selling these commercial ‘products’ illegally. The Times newspaper’s investigation found that sellers are offering products such as … continue reading…
We don’t know when ocelots were discovered because it happened at a time before science and record keeping was developed and the classification of the species had taken place. You’d have to go back perhaps hundreds of thousands of years … continue reading…
There are only about 60 ocelots left in the USA. They were nearly all killed for their exotic coat. Remember those days of exotic fur coats? Well they were often the product of hundreds of thousands of dead ocelots. Sad. … continue reading…
No, ocelots can’t be black based on current knowledge. I have looked high and low for pictures and information about melanistic or black ocelots and I have found nothing. I have the best book on wild cats and the description … continue reading…
I’ll quote from the best source about wild cats. “Although primarily nocturnal, ocelots also hunt during the daytime, especially on cloudy and rainy days; they may become completely nocturnal in areas where they are hunted.” The reference to being hunted … continue reading…
