OCELOT 



Felis pardalis. 



The ocelot is found within our horders no further north than 

 southern Louisiana and Texas, as most of its range is in South 

 America. It is also known as "Tiger Cat" and very properly, since 

 it possesses alike the feline virtues of beauty and gracefulness and 

 the feline vices for cunning and ferocity. In height it stands a 

 little more than a foot from the ground, its entire length is about 

 forty-five inches, of which the tail measures about one-third, and 

 the weight from thirty to forty pounds. A distinguishing feature 

 about its appearance is the direction in which run the stripes or 

 blotches of black adorning its reddish gray coat. These vary with 

 each ocelot as to the size and shape, but on them all, and on them 

 alone of all animals, they lie lengthwise of the body. The under- 



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