| The Ocelot or
Painted Leopard as it is |
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| sometimes referred
to is a small but highly |
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| patterned member
of the cat family. |
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| Usually growing to
an overall length of 4 |
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| ½ft (1.4m) and
with a shoulder height of |
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| around 20 inches
(50.8cm) |
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| A fully grown male
will weigh between 8 |
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| and 16 kg. |
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| The Ocelot has
short fur which varies in |
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| colour from a
creamy tawny yellow to a |
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| reddish grey. in
colour, with their |
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| under parts and
inside the limbs white. |
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| Their markings
extend length ways along |
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| both their back
and sides the backs and |
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| sides, which gives
a striped blotched |
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| look, rather than
round spots, and are |
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| bordered black
with paler centres. |
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| Ocelots use two
methods of hunting, one |
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| is to stalk its
prey, the other is to just |
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| sit and wait for
the prey to walk by, |
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| sometimes they
stay waiting for up to |
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| an hour before
moving on. |
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| There main diet
consists of rabbits, small |
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| deer, rodents and
sometimes fish. |
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| The Ocelot is a
very agile creature due |
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| to it's small size
and is also a very |
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| capable swimmer. |
