Habitat Forests in the Yucatan and Central and South America, and one subspecies near the Texas-Mexico border. Range 16 square km.
Margays are slim and graceful, with long legs and a long tail.
The coat is a light yellowish-brown with striking dark brown irregular spots, which may form rosettes, and the tail is ringed. Margays are without question the best climbers of all cats. Its claws are also exceptionally strong and sharp. It is not unusual for a margay to be discovered hanging head downward from one hind foot while it catches a quick nap seventy feet in the air.