Ocelots can be found from the southwestern United States to as far as South America. This nocturnal cat lives in woodland, rain forests, mountain forests, thick brush, marsh, and scrubland. The Ocelot’s diet consists of small mammals such as rodents, rabbits, monkeys, small deer, peccaries and monkeys; snakes, reptiles, fish and birds, which it hunts primarily at night.

The head and body length of an Ocelot can be up to three feet, three inches, with tail length up to18 inches. Ocelots can weigh up to 35 pounds. The Ocelot has no fixed breeding period. After a gestation period of 70 days, the female will give birth to one to two offspring.

Ocelots are endangered mostly due to the destruction of their habitat but also because of hunting for their prized fur. There are approximately 1 million ocelots left in North, Central and South America, with only 100 remaining on the Texas-Mexican border


Links to photos of ocelots:

Island Expeditions

Paw Prints

Mark Kostich Photography

Acclaim Stock Photography

Belize Zoo

Junglephotos.com