Endangered Animals of South America
The Ocelot
The life of the ocelot.
Habitat
The ocelot lives in south of North America and and north and central of south america. They can be found in tropical forests, grasslands, mangrove forests and marshes. They hide in thick vegetation but rest in trees during the day. Their fur helps them stay camouflage from the different areas they are in.
Behaviors
The ocelot are solitary and they travel since they are active, espacially in the night. Those who are solitary and male, control area twice as big as a female's area. Those who are active alot travel one through five miles a night. For every 3.1 hours of travel, they catch a prey to feed on.
Food
Ocelots hunt at night since they are nocturnal and carnivores. The ocelot stalks its prey slowly and will pounce on the prey over a short distance. It kills its prey by biting in to they prey's neck and digging its claws in to they animals. The ability to hear and smell well help this animal to hunt for its prey. The ocelot has a varaity of small animals such as rodents, armadillos, rabbits, fish, birds, lizards, snakes, and agoutis.
why it is endangered/ predetors
This creature is endangered because hunters use to hunt for their fur, now it is illegal. Another reason why it is endangered is because humans have been destroying their habitat. Although this is the main reason why it is endangered, this animal has predetors too. Animals such as the pumas, jaguars, harpy eagle, and the anaconda all feed on the ocelot.
what is being done to protect it
Work Cited
Pictures work cited
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