Tagged: margay

Margay resting in a tree, typical behavior

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...

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...

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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...

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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 the leopard is the strongest climber...

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...

Margays and Mayans

by Michael (London, UK) Mayan Pyramid and Margay – Photos: Pyramid:- by striatic (Flickr), Margay:- by Martin Pettitt (Flickr) This is about the possible domestication of the margay wild cat by the ancient Mayan...


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