so much us the fur of the ocelot and its relative also a concept is, so little we know about the way of life and biology this meanwhile properly rarely become cat. Too much the human being followed them in order to produce fashion-articles expensive out of its beautiful furs so that its continuance is threatened on the most outer today.
Have a 30-45 cm long tail ocelot with a head-torso-length of 65-100 cm. The fur of the ocelot is plush-good, oberseits ocher - until pale gray-yellow, unterseits whitish. Spreads out the substantial ocher on that occasion - until orange-coloring on the animals of the moist forests, while the gray color-tinge prevails with the inhabitants of the dry bush-areas. All color-variations are powerfully dun spotted with what closed rosette-stain-rows don't prevail at the torso.
Spread The ocelot is a distinct night-animal of the tree and brushland-ships of the southerly North America as far as to the middle South America.
Way of life it climbs excellently, if also it the skillfulness of the Nebelparders not or also the tree-ocelot reaches. The ocelot is not in the position like these of climbing from a tree head-downward. it lives in the most important thing of small Nagern, carries off also monkeys, small stag-types and birds, however, and takes before-dearly also with lizards and invertebrates. At the hunt and at the escape, it swims well.
Reproduction According to some reports, ocelots should live in pairs and should be in continuous vocal touch to the partner. The reproductive-time obviously is not tied at certain seasons. The females bear after approximately 70 days of Tragzeit 1-3 boy.
Protection Be subject to the protection ocelot through the Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen today.
Long-tail-cat, tree-ocelot, Leopardus wiedi) The tree-ocelot resembles the ocelot so very much that its fur often is confused with its fur. In the whole one, it is somewhat smaller and short-more legged than the ocelot, possesses a tail longer in the relationship to the body, however. its head-torso-length measures 45-70 cm, its tail 35-50 cm. As with its bigger cousin, the hair-line proceeds from the back with the tree-ocelot at the neck-upper side forward.
Way of life The tree-ocelot gave a home in Mexico's forests until Südbrasiliens is one of the deftest climbers among the cats and is probably only surpassed by the Nebelparder. its paws and ankles are so elastic and adaptable that it around-does gymnastics similarly weightless in the branches, like this tree-living in monkeys does. As food, long-tail-cats carry off rats, bag-rats, croissants, monkeys and birds, mainly. The females bring to the world 1-2 kids after a Tragzeit of approximately 80 days.
Endangering The tree-ocelot is by nature rare and is endangered by fur-hunt. it also is under the protection through the Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen.
Ocelot-cat, Oncilla, tiger-cat (Leopardus tigrinus)) The long-tail-cat to confusing like is the ocelot-cat even somewhat smaller with 40-55 cm of length. However, its hair is not so plush-nicely soft and the fuss about the neck is missing. Tiger-cats are pure forest-inhabitants of the tropical means and South America and in its way of life presumably its other relative very similar. Frequently, Schwärzlinge appear with them.
Endangering Also the ocelot-cat is rare and threatens through fur-hunt. Also it is presented in the Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen.
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