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In addition to the jaguar, another, smaller spotted cat roams Mexico’s humid forest —

— and pads around along the US-Mexico border:

The ocelot moves too fast to be studied with anything other than radio collars —

— or trail cams:

Back to the camera — typical. However, now they know that Mexico’s ocelots wander into Arizona!

They are beautiful to look at, and even short glimpses provide insights. Here, for instance, this ocelot’s coat blends into the background on the Yucatan rainforest’s leaf-strewn floor:

More information on Mesoamerican ocelots:

• Panthera: Long live the ocelot king!
• PBS: Ocelot fact sheet

  They did a whole series on ocelots and here’s the playlist of excerpts they shared:
• Raymond in Belize and hope in Texas

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Featured image: Saad315/Shutterstock

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