ocelot, dwarf leopard (Leopardus pardalis) Deutsch: Ozelot (Leopardus pardalis)
English: Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Español: Ocelote (Leopardus pardalis)
Svenska: Ozelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Български: Оцелот (Leopardus pardalis)
Русский: Оцелот (Leopardus pardalis)
Date 15 July 2003
Source US Fish & Wildlife Service, Image Archive
Author Tom Smylie
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocelot.jpg
The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), also known as the dwarf leopard, is a wild cat distributed extensively within South America, including the islands of Trinidad and Margarita, Central America, and Mexico. North of Mexico, it is found regularly only in the extreme southern part of Texas, although there are rare sightings in southern Arizona.
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Leopardus
Species: Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Felis buffoni Brass, 1911
Felis chati Gray, 1827
Felis hamiltonii J. B. Fischer, 1829
Felis mexicana Kerr, 1792
Felis pardalis Linnaeus, 1758
Leopardus griseus Gray, 1842
