Ocelot
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The ocelot (/ˈɒsəlɒt/; Leopardus pardalis), kent as the dwarf leopard an aa, is a wild cat distributit extensively ower Sooth Americae includin the islands o Trinidad an Margarita, Central Americae, an Mexico. It haes been reportit as far north as Texas.[4][5] North o Mexico, it is foond regularly anly in the extreme soothren pairt o Texas,[6] altho thare are rare sichtins in soothren Arizona.[7]
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Ocelot | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Faimily: | Felidae |
Genus: | Leopardus |
Species: | L. pardalis[2] |
Binomial name | |
Leopardus pardalis[2] (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Subspeshies | |
See text | |
Distribution o the Ocelot, 2016[1] | |
Synonyms[3] | |
Felis buffoni Brass, 1911 |
The ocelot is similar in appearance tae a domestic cat. Its fur resembles that o a cloodit leopard or jaguar an wis ance regardit as particularly valuable. As a result, hundreds o thoosands o ocelots wur ance killed for thair fur. The feline wis classified a "vulnerable" endangered species frae 1972 till 1996, an is nou ratit "least concern" bi the 2008 IUCN Reid Leet.