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Spotlight on the Ocelot

 

The ocelot is a wild cat that is found from Southern Texas southwards to Northern Argentina Its coat has a distinctive appearace with dark brown irregular shaped spots and stripes, edged with black on a yellowis background

Life Cycle. The young are born in after a Fall about 10 or 11 weeks after mating. The mother having constructed a den in a thicket or hollow tree.

Ocelots feed on a range of small mammals and birds, and also some other small creatures suche as reptiles, amphibians, and fish

Threats. The Ocelot's beautiful coat has led to its persecution. The valuable pelt being made into fur clothing. This trade and the destruction of the forests where it lives have led to a decline in numbers.