ocelots

Ocelot Facts

Ocelot Facts

Common Name: OcelotKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: Chordata (Vertebrata)Class: MammaliaOrder: CarnivoraFamily: FelidaeGenus: Felinae (Leopardus)Species: pardalis Fun Facts: Ocelots use similar habitat and show similar abundance patterns to Jaguars and Pumas. Population densities seem to increase with rainfall and decrease with latitude, with the highest densities in tropical areas. In captivity, ocelots have lived more than 20 years, as compared to 7-10 years typically in the wild….

Purr-fection

Purr-fection

Female Ocelot5/22/96 – 7/30/2021   7/30/2021 Purr-fection Died Last Night If ever there was someone who wrung every drop out of life, it was Purr-fection Ocelot.  She passed away last night at the age of 25 and in doing so had lived three years past any ocelot I could ever remember.  Right up until the end,…

Nirvana

Nirvana Female Ocelot 6/20/94 – 3/22/17 Rescued 7/24/94   Nirvana came to Big Cat Rescue from a broker on 7/27/94. He had left her at the vet’s office for dead because she was so dehydrated. Ocelots were once in great demand as pets thanks to their striking coats and small size. However, as with most…

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

AMAZING GRACE Female Ocelot DOB 5/1/92 –6/11/2014 Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 9/27/96   Amazing Grace was reported to be a three-year-old female ocelot when she arrived on 9/27/96, but appears to be much older. Her ears were very tattered because the place where she lived before had cats with common walls; meaning that one…

Purr-sistance Ocelot

Purr-sistance Ocelot

PURR-SISTANCE Male Ocelot   DOB 5/25/96 – 9/15/12   PURRsistance and his twin sister PURRfection were born at the sanctuary before it was known that no privately held exotic cats would ever be able to help preserve the species due to the inability to tract them back to the wild. This little ocelot earned his…

Zza Zza

Zza Zza

Zza Zza Female Ocelot 1/1/97-1/14/2010 Zza Zza’s mother was so ardent about cleaning her up when she was born that she bit off her tail instead of her umbilical cord! So she sports a much shorter tail than the other ocelots at Big Cat Rescue. Zza Zza is very shy and is happy to have…

Sultan Ocelot

Sultan Ocelot

Sultan Male Ocelot DOB 8/1/97 – 10/11/09 Sultan must be is a throw back to some relative far different than his parents who both have a reddish base coat.  Sultan’s fur is more silver than red, making him Big Cat Rescue’s most striking Ocelot.  The lighting in this photo just doesn’t do his gorgeous coat…

Samantha Ocelot

Samantha Ocelot

Samantha Female Ocelot Date of Birth: 3/1/85-8/8/06 Samantha came to Big Cat Rescue on 7/7/94, after her previous owner was sent to prison. The cat became the unwelcome guest of the owner’s 95-year old mother, who called a pet shop to help find a suitable owner. The pet shop owner also had a female Serval…

Tabitha

Tabitha

Tabitha Female Ocelot born in 1983 – 2/2/04 Arrived here 6/17/97 Her story is repeated all too often by greedy people looking to make a profit off an animal. She supplied kittens to the pet trade until she was 13 and quit producing. She was unceremoniously dumped at an auction where she was in the…

Panama Jack

Panama Jack

Panama Jack Male Ocelot Date of Birth: 1994-2003 He was used for years to produce kittens for the pet trade and once he was no longer fertile was sent to Big Cat Rescue where he finally had some control over this life. More Memorials at https://bigcatrescue.org/category/memorials/