THE CAT TRIBE 53 
OcELot, which corresponds somewhat to the servals, but is not the least like a lynx, as the 
servals are. It is entirely a tree-cat, and lives on birds and monkeys. The following detailed 
description of its coloration appeared in “ Life at the Zoo” :— 
“Tts coat, with the exception perhaps of that of the clouded leopard of Sumatra, marks 
the highest development of ornament among four-footed animals. The Argus pheasant alone 
seems to offer a parallel to the beauties of the ocelot’s fur, especially in the development of the 
wonderful ocelli, which, though never reaching in the beast the perfect cup-and-ball ornament 
seen on the wings of the bird, can be traced in all the early stages of spots and wavy lines, 
so far as the irregular shell-shaped rim and dot on the feet, sides, and back, just as in the 
ground-tint of the fur is 
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Photo by Ottomar Anschiitz] {Beritn 
OCELOT FROM CENTRAL AMERICA 
The ocelot can be tamed and almost domesticated if taken young, and is occasionally kept as a pet by the forest Indians 
smoky-pearl colour, on which the spots develop from mere dots on the legs and speckles on 
the feet and toes to large egg-shaped ocelli on the flanks. There are also two beautiful 
pearl-coloured spots on the back of each ear, like those which form the common ornaments 
of the wings of many moths.” 
The nose is pink; the eye large, convex, and translucent. 
A tame ocelot described by Wilson, the American naturalist, was most playful and affec- 
tionate, but when fed with flesh was less tractable. It jumped on to the back of a horse in the 
stable, and tried to curl up on its hindquarters. The horse threw the ocelot off and kicked it, 
curing it of any disposition to ride. On seeing a horse, the ocelot always ran off to its kennel 
afterwards. When sent to England, it caught hold of and threw down a child of four years 
old, whom it rolled about with its paws without hurting it. 
