Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: The ocelot ( Leopardus pardalis ) , pronounced \/ Ë É 's É Ë lÉ ' t \/ , also known as the dwarf leopard or McKenney 's wildcat is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico , but has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad , in the Caribbean .
Simplified: Ocelot ( Leopardus pardalis ) is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico , but has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad , in the Caribbean .