Mammals · Carnivora · Felidae
Leopardus pardalis
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It was one of the cats most heavily exploited by the twentieth-century fur trade — Brazil alone exported some 80,000 skins a year.
Weight
7 kg – 15.5 kg
Size
40 cm – 50 cm
Life expectancy
10 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
AI-generated images: illustrations, not photographs.
Sources consulted: A-Z Animals · Pró-Carnívoros · Wikipedia (Ocelot) · PMC (Trypanosoma infections Pantanal study, comparative reference)
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 55.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Ocelot — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about ocelot.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
