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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 … Continue reading →
The trouble in answering the question, “Are there ocelots in Texas?”, is that we don’t know for sure because even when you check with the most authoritative sources you get rather vague answers. The most authoritative source currently on the … Continue reading →
There is a dearth of information on ocelot sounds but what I can gather together, is here. The ocelot is one of the better known small wild cat species. They say that there may some in the very south of … Continue reading →
Ocelot photo by ucumari
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