ocelot

noun

oce·lot ˈä-sə-ˌlät

ˈō-

: a medium-sized American wildcat (Leopardus pardalis synonym 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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But to Nansi Guevara, a visual artist in Brownsville, the rocket-making complex is an irrevocable disruption to the shorebirds, ocelots and endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles that nest in the Rio Grande delta. —

Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024 Jaguar and ocelot sightings in 2021 Two of the desert's rarest animals, a jaguar and an ocelot, showed up on trail cameras in the rugged southern Arizona mountains in February 2021. —

Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024 More:Are there more ocelots in Texas than estimated? —

Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 20 May 2024 The ocelot, endangered and elusive, primarily inhabits the Rio Grande Valley with only a few populations in Texas. —

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