They average about six feet in length and weigh between 35 and 50 pounds. Excellent climbing ability allows them to climb trees, jump from branch to branch, and surprise their prey by jumping down on them from an overhead branch. Our clouded leopard, Chandra, is a female. The beauty of the Ocelot's coat makes it the best known small cat of the Americas. It also makes it one of the most threatened.
Ocelots inhabit brushy and forested regions from Texas well into South America.
They are agile climbers and leapers, hunting mostly at night for small prey such as opossums, mice, rats and rabbits. The Ocelot reaches as weight of 15 to 35 pounds. Our Ocelot, Chimane, is a female who was born in March of 1997. The least known of all the big cats, the snow leopard lives high in the mountains of central Asia. These solitary cats prowl craggy mountain slopes just below the tree line, relying on their heavy coat to protect them from the severe Himalayan winters.