Ocelot (Gabboi, GiornoPizza, & Haruka Ichinose)

### Regions

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

## Habitat

### Water Area

280 m²
0 m²

### Temperature

15 m²
46‒108 ℃

## Social

### Fem. Bachelor

1‒2
1
1

### Sterility

2 years
15 years

### Interbirth

3 months
24 months

## Taxonomy

### Order

Mammalia
Carnivora

### Genus

Felidae
Leopardus

The **Ocelot** (*Leopardus pardalis*) is a small South American cat available for download in *Planet Zoo*.

## Mod Credits

* **Full Credits:** Gabboi, GiornoPizza, and Haruka Ichinose
* **Portuguese Translation:** Masora157

## Zoopedia Description

### General

Population in the Wild: Unknown

The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a wild cat native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Margarita. They are a medium-sized cat, Its short, sleek fur ranges from reddish, to tawny yellow, to gray, and has open, dark-centered rosettes and solid black spots, the markings often running in parallel chains along its sides of the body. Each individual’s coat has a unique pattern. It weighs between 8 and 15.5 kg (18 and 34 lb) and reaches 40–50 cm (15 1⁄2–19 1⁄2 in) at the shoulders. Females are about one third smaller than males, but similar in appearance otherwise.
Overall ocelots are classified as Least Concern (LC) on the list of threatened species, but their numbers are decreasing today. they major threat is thought to be habitat loss, due to forest clearance for agriculture and cattle ranching, which reduces their natural cover. There is some illegal trade, and they are often taken as pets, hunters often killing the mothers for their fur and selling the young in the pet trade. They are also sometimes killed because they eat domestic poultry.

### Social

Ocelots communicate with each other using body language, scent marking, and vocalizations. An arched back, stiff legs, and tail held straight down is a threat posture. The cats “chuckle” when excited, may “mutter” to each other, and yowl during courtship.
The ocelot lives a solitary life within a home range of as much as 30 square km. A male will often occupy a territory that is double the size of a female’s, overlapping the ranges of several females with which he has breeding rights. males mark territories and trails by clawing logs, spraying vegetation with their urine, and leaving feces prominently on trails so all other males know to stay away.

### Reproduction

Ocelots are polygynous animals, which means that one male mates with multiple females. They breed all year round, except in the north and south of its range, where they breed at the end of summer. After mating, females find a hollow tree, a crevice in the rocks, or a dense thorny thicket to prepare for birth. Gestation lasts for up to 85 days, and 2 or 3 kittens are born. They are weaned by the age of 6 weeks and at a few months old they start to learn from their mother how to hunt. By the age of one year kittens are fully independent. Often they will be tolerated within their mother's range for several years before they establish their own territory. Males are sexually mature at 15 months and females at 18 to 22 months.

## Preferred Objects

### Food Tiers

* Processed Meat
* Whole Carcass
* Bones

### Food Stations

* Food Tray
* Water Bowl
* Water Pipe

### Food Enrichment

* Frozen Blood Pumpkin
* Piñata

### Toy Enrichment

* Blood Scent Marker
* Cardboard Box
* Climbing Frame
* Firehose Ball
* Gift Box
* Hammock
* Ice Block
* Prey-Scented Sack
* Rubber Duck
* Rubbing Pad
* Scratching Post
* Scratching Tree Scots Pine
* Scratching Tree Tamarind
* Small Ball
* Small Ball Colorful
* Small Ice Ball
* Sprinkler