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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Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Faimily: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Leopardus |
| Species: | L. pardalis[1] |
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| Distribution o the Ocelot, 2016[2] | |
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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.
References eedit
- ↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Species Leopardus pardalis". Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 539. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. no-break space character in
|editor-first=at position 3 (help); no-break space character in|editor2-first=at position 3 (help)CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) - ↑ a b Paviolo, A.; Crawshaw, P.; Caso, A.; de Oliveira, T.; Lopez-Gonzalez, C.A.; Kelly, M.; De Angelo, C. & Payan, E. (2016). "Leopardus pardalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T11509A97212355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T11509A50653476.en. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|last-author-amp=(help){{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |url= mismatch (help) - ↑ Murray, J. L.; Gardner, G. L. (1997). "Leopardus pardalis". Mammalian Species (548): 1–10. doi:10.2307/3504082. JSTOR 3504082.
- ↑ Mammal Species of the World – Browse: melanurus Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Bucknell.edu. Retrieved on 2012-04-10.
- ↑ Ocelot. The Animal Files. Retrieved on 2012-04-10.
- ↑ "The Nature Conservancy in Texas – Mammals – Ocelot". nature.org. Archived frae the original on 20 Februar 2009. Retrieved 12 Julie 2013.
- ↑ "North American Mammals – Carnivora – Felidae – Leopardus pardalis". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 Februar 2010.
Freemit airtins eedit
- CSG Species Accoonts: Ocelot Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Ocelot Behavior & Care, bi Mindy Stinner Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Ecology o the Ocelot an Margay Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine