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=Ocelots=

Endangered.
 * STATUS: ||

Ocelots range in color from light yellow to reddish gray, with dark spots and stripes. They have dark stripes on their cheeks and they also have rings of dark spots on their body.
 * DESCRIPTION: ||

Ocelots are 20 to 40 inches long. Their tails are an add 10 - 15 inches. Ocelots weigh between 20 and 25 pounds.
 * SIZE: ||

An estimated 800,000 to 1.5 million are found around the world. 80 to 120 are found in two lone populations in southeast Texas where they are protected.
 * POPULATION: ||

In a zoo, ocelots can live 20 years while in the wild they live 7 - 10 years :(.
 * LIFESPAN: ||

Once ranging as far east as Arkansas and Louisiana, throughout Texas, Mexico, ocelots are currently found in southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. They are also found in every country south of the United States except Chile.
 * EXPANSION: ||

Ocelots live in many different types of habitats, from mangrove forests, coastal marshes, savannah grasslands, pastures, thorn scrub and tropical forests. All of these habitats provide only live in areas with dense forests.
 * HABITAT: ||

Ocelots are carnivores, they hunt and eat animals such as rodents, rabbits, young deer, birds, snakes and fish.
 * === FOOD: === ||

Ocelots are strongly nocturnal, resting in trees or dense brush during the day. Ocelots are very active, traveling from one to five miles per night. Males usually travel further than females. They capture an average of one prey item for every 3.1 hours of travel.
 *  **BEHAVIOR:** ||

Following a 79 to 85 day pregnancy opportunity period, babies are born in litters of 1 - 3. Kittens are independent after about one year, but may stay with their mother for an additional year.
 * === B A B I E S : === ||

Their habitat is being burned for farms, hunting for their fur,and pet trade.
 * THREATS: ||

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