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Habitat. Dense, thorny, low brush such as spiny hackberry, lotebush, and blackbrush offer the Ocelot the best habitat. Distribution. Historical records indicate that the Ocelot once occurred throughout south Texas, the southern Edwards Plateau, and along the Coastal Plain.
Widely distributed, the ocelot ranges from south Texas to northern Argentina. In Texas, they primarily inhabit dense chaparral brush, where they prey on small mammals, reptiles and birds, including rodents, rabbits, snakes, lizards and young deer.
In Texas, Ocelots occur in the dense thorny shrub lands of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Rio Grande Plains. Deep, fertile clay or loamy soils are generally needed to produce suitable habitat.
Ocelot Habitat Conservation. Ocelots were listed as endangered by the USFWS in 1982.
11 wrz 2023 · A species account of Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in Texas. This includes a physical description, geographic distribution, a list of subspecies, habitats, population status and conservation status of the species.
17 gru 2023 · These wild cats are ocelots—and they’re among the only two small populations remaining in the entire nation. Though these endangered cats once roamed everywhere from Louisiana to Argentina, less than 80 remain in the nation—and they’re all in South Texas.
23 cze 2020 · On March 29, a young ocelot male was first detected by remote cameras at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. The detection of a new young ocelot makes researchers hopeful for the endangered population. There are about 80 known wild ocelots in the U.S., and they’re all in Texas.
