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 →
Cats, like humans, don’t naturally go into reverse. They don’t like walking backwards. They may do so for a short distance to avoid something, a hostile object or creature, but beyond that they aren’t very good at it. We know … Continue reading →
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 →
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 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 →
Although: it is used for ‘normal movement’ยน and the tail reflects emotions through boy language, and provides signals to other cats, the tail is not an essential piece of anatomy for the domestic cat. You only have to ask people … Continue reading →
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 →
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 peoples during the classic period, circa … Continue reading →
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 →
