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 … please 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 … please 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 … please 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. … please 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 … please 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 … please continue reading
The ocelot is a medium-sized species of wild cat. They are similar in size to the American bobcat. Most ocelots weigh between eight and ten kilograms. Although in reference to “Unusual record of the ocelot in Texas” by WB Davis … please continue reading
The answer must be because ocelots are part of the biome that exists in the rainforests of Central and South America. A ‘biome’ is a community of animals and plants living in a certain place and they are linked or … please continue reading
I am going to answer the following questions about the ocelot: Do ocelots live in groups? Do ocelots live in Texas? Do ocelots sleep? Do ocelots swim? Do ocelots live in the rainforest? Do ocelots growl? Do ocelots make good … please continue reading
Ocelots don’t purr in my opinion, having researched the subject. They do create a sound that could be described as a purr-growl under circumstances which might induce a domestic cat to purr. It is a harsh sound. This does not … please continue reading
