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APPEARANCE The jaguar is the largest feline living in the Americas. It is a stocky build with an unusually large head and relatively short legs. Compared to other big cats, the jaguar has a distinctly powerful jaw. At first glance, the jaguar’s coat resembles a leopard’s, but the pattern is different: the jaguar has large, […]

APPEARANCE The Andean Ocelot is almost twice as big as the domestic cat. Its coat is long and dense, pale silver-grey, and marked with brown-yellowish to dark grey or black spots. Visible thick dark stripes run down the sides from the back. Prominent dark grey stripes also run across the chest, and there are narrower […]

APPEARANCE The Argentine Ocelot is a relatively small cat, sized like a large domestic cat. The color of his fur and size are variable. The fur is grey to fawn with small regular spots that tend to form stripes on the limbs, and its belly is white. Two dark tear-shaped streaks on the cheeks, small […]

INTERESTING FACT The Chilean Ocelot is the smallest cat in the Americas and one of the smallest in the world. APPEARANCE Chilean ocelot’s fur is downy, grey-brown, or red-brown with many small black spots, and the abdomen is lighter and also spotted. The muzzle of this cat has a distinctive pattern: a dark line runs […]

Margay is very diverse genetically, with three phylogeographic groups suggested: APPEARANCE Distinctive features of the margay include the very large and even bulging eyes, giving the muzzle a narrow but prominent appearance. Other features include proportionally very large paws and a very long tail measuring up to 70% of the body length. The margay has […]

APPEARANCE The pampas cat looks like a domestic cat with a wide muzzle and long hair. Some individuals have long hair, forming a mane running along the back. The appearance of the pampas ocelot varies greatly depending on where they live. The backs of the ears are often grey or black with a white spot, […]

APPEARANCE Tigercelots are small cats with slender body, with proportions similar to domestic cats. While some individuals are small and weigh only about 1.8 kg, others – larger – weigh about 3.5 kg. Tiger cats show variation in coloration. Tigercelots from the western part of their range are darker in colour, orange-brown to yellow and […]

The ocelot is genetically very diverse throughout its range. Between four and nine subspecies have been proposed, but based on recent research only two subspecies are provisionally recognised: APPEARANCE The ocelot is a medium-sized cat with a short coat that ranges in color from pale yellow, yellowish beige, yellowish brown to greyish. It is covered […]

There are two subspecies of puma: APPEARANCE The puma has a rounded head, small rounded ears with a black-colored back, a slender body, long legs, and large paws. It has proportionally the longest hind legs among cats. The puma’s coat is smooth and ranges in color from silvery grey, fawn, reddish to dark brown. Only […]

APPEARANCE The Canadian Lynx is a medium-sized, long-legged cat. The hind legs of the Canada Lynx are much longer than the forelegs, and the front paws are larger than the hind paws. The paws have very dense fur growing between the pads, and because they are large and wide they act as snowshoes, allowing the […]