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ocelot
noun
oce·lot
ˈä-sə-ˌlät 
ˈō-
ˈō-
: a medium-sized American wildcat (Felis pardalis) that ranges from Texas to northern Argentina and has a tawny-yellow or grayish coat dotted and striped with black
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The area is also a migratory route for jaguars and ocelots traveling to and from breeding grounds in Mexico.
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Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2024
These mountains are where, occasionally, America’s rarest wandering cats, jaguars and ocelots, roam, and where state and federal biologists seek to recover Mexican gray wolves.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
It is thought to have originated in an animal population, perhaps bats, before being passed to civet cats—a tropical animal that looks like a mix of a dog and an ocelot—then to people.
—Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 10 Nov. 2023
However, in Mexico, Central and South America, the ocelot’s population remains much healthier, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
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Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2024
These mountains are where, occasionally, America’s rarest wandering cats, jaguars and ocelots, roam, and where state and federal biologists seek to recover Mexican gray wolves.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
It is thought to have originated in an animal population, perhaps bats, before being passed to civet cats—a tropical animal that looks like a mix of a dog and an ocelot—then to people.
—Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 10 Nov. 2023
However, in Mexico, Central and South America, the ocelot’s population remains much healthier, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
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ocelot
noun
oce·lot
ˈäs-ə-ˌlät
ˈō-sə-
ˈō-sə-
: a medium-sized American wildcat that is found from Texas to northern Argentina and has a tawny yellow or grayish coat marked with black
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