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Ocelot

Leopardus pardalis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 1,572, February 1,504, March 1,709, April 3,242, May 1,986, June 964, July 867, August 895, September 1,064, October 1,133, November 1,475, December 1,430.
United States17,874
Texas17,842
Mexico701
Colombia288
Brazil270
Sinaloa222
Costa Rica199
Nayarit94
Panama92
Ecuador81

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group
  • SolitaryLives alone except for matingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderCarnivorans · Carnivora
FamilyFelids · Felidae
GenusAmerican Small Cats · Leopardus

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Practise Ocelot with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.