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d'Ocelot
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2. Histoire naturelle
L'Ocelot
Distribution
Bien que l'ocelot ait été marqué "un des formes les plus
réussies de la vie mammifère dans la région d'Amazon"
pour sa tolérance d'habitat dérangé, sa population
diminue en raison des effets de la chasse, de la
destruction d'habitat et de la perte résultante d'espèce
de proie. Pendant que les populations sauvages des
ocelots continue à tomber, des zoos sont confrontés à
n/n désiré moulent-au loin des animaux de compagnie,
des animaux innés et la progéniture de la lignée
inconnue.
Ocelot
Order Carnivora : Family Felidae : Felis pardalis Linnaeus
Description. A medium-
sized, spotted and blotched
cat with a moderately long
tail; about the size of a
bobcat but spots much
larger, tail much longer, and
pelage shorter; differs from
the jaguar in much smaller
size and in presence of parallel black stripes on nape and oblique stripes near
shoulder; upperparts grayish or buffy, heavily marked with blackish spots, small
rings, blotches, and short bars; underparts white, spotted with black; tail spotted,
and ringed with black; both sexes colored alike. Dental formula as in the
mountain lion. External measurements average: (males), total length, 1,135
mm; tail, 355 mm; hind foot, 157 mm; (females), 930-285-135 mm. Weight, 10-
15 kg.
Distribution in Texas. Once ranged over southern part of Texas with occasional
records from north and central Texas; now restricted to several isolated patches
of suitable habitat in three or four counties of Rio Grande Plains.
Habits. The ocelot is a neotropical felid that once inhabited the dense, almost
impenetrable chaparral thickets of South Texas, the Gulf coast, and the Big
Thicket of eastern Texas. Today, it is found only in several small, isolated
patches of suitable habitat remaining in South Texas and is on the verge of
completely disappearing from the state. It is listed as "endangered" by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
In Kerr County, Texas, where ocelots occurred as late as 1902, Howard Lacey
reported that he found them in the roughest, rockiest part of the dense cedar
brakes. He was of the opinion that they travel in pairs and that they often rest in
the trees and so escape the dogs.
Ocelots feed on a variety of small mammals and birds, as well as some reptiles,
amphibians, and fish. Lacey reported that they are fond of young pigs, kids, and
lambs; E.W. Nelson says that birds, including domestic poultry, are captured on
their roosts, and rabbits, wood rats, and mice of many kinds, as well as snakes
and other reptiles, are important items in their diet.
The den is a cave in a rocky bluff, a hollow tree, or the densest part of a thorny
thicket. The two young are born in September, October, or November. Like other
young of the cat family, they are covered with a scanty growth of hair, and the
eyes are closed at birth. Gestation has been estimated to last 70-80 days and
captive kittens opened their eyes 15-18 days after birth.