Ocelot

Ocelot
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Faimily:	Felidae
Genus:	Leopardus
Species:	L. pardalis
Binomial name
	Leopardus pardalis; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspeshies
	See text
	Distribution o the Ocelot, 2016
Synonyms
	Felis buffoni Brass, 1911; Felis chati Gray, 1827; Felis hamiltonii J. B. Fischer, 1829; Felis mexicana Kerr, 1792; Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758; Leopardus griseus Gray, 1842

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]

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

↑ 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)|date= / |doi= mismatch
↑ 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

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

[msw3-1] 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)

[iucn-2] 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)|date= / |doi= mismatch

[mammal-3] Murray, J. L.; Gardner, G. L. (1997). "Leopardus pardalis". Mammalian Species (548): 1–10. doi:10.2307/3504082. JSTOR 3504082.

[bucknell1-4] Mammal Species of the World – Browse: melanurus Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Bucknell.edu. Retrieved on 2012-04-10.

[theanimalfiles1-5] Ocelot. The Animal Files. Retrieved on 2012-04-10.

[6] "The Nature Conservancy in Texas – Mammals – Ocelot". nature.org. Archived frae the original on 20 Februar 2009. Retrieved 12 Julie 2013.

[7] "North American Mammals – Carnivora – Felidae – Leopardus pardalis". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 Februar 2010.

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Taxon identifiers
Leopardus pardalis	Wikidata: Q33261 Wikispecies: Leopardus pardalis ADW: Leopardus_pardalis BOLD: 263142 EoL: 313991 EPPO: LEOPPA Fossilworks: 47513 GBIF: 2434982 iNaturalist: 41997 IRMNG: 10212871 ITIS: 552470 IUCN: 11509 MSW: 14000103 NCBI: 32538 Species+: 10120 TSA: 9160
Felis pardalis	Wikidata: Q122170181 GBIF: 2434983