OCELOT

äsˈəlŏtˌ, ōˈsə–, medium-sized cat, Felis pardalis, of Central and South America. It is occasionally found as far N as Texas. The ocelot has a yellow-brown coat with black spots, rings, and stripes. It is about 30 in. (76 cm) long, not including the 14-in. (35-cm) tail, stands about 16 in. (41 cm) high at the shoulder, and weighs up to 35 lb (18 kg). Ocelots live in forests, where they hunt, mainly on the ground, both by day and by night. They prey on birds, snakes, and small mammals. Litter size varies from 2 to 4. Ocelots are hunted for their pelts, which are used for coats and trim. They are able to be tamed and are sometimes kept as pets. They are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Felidae.

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books on: Ocelot  - 187 results

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International Wildlife Encyclopedia - Vol. 13
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish, 2002
Subjects: Zoology--Dictionaries
...the cat family, the ocelots short-haired 0 coat...the head and neck. The ocelot has very long legs and...during the day. The ocelot confines its hunting...its own kind, although ocelots are sometimes seen hunting...Efficient hunters The ocelot preys on almost any animal...
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Time-Constrained Memory: A Reader-Based Approach to Text Comprehension
Book by Jean-Pierre Corriveau; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1995
Subjects: Connectionism, Discourse Analysis--Data Processing, Discourse Analysis--Psychological Aspects, Knowledge Representation (Information Theory), Memory--Data Processing, Reading Comprehension--Data Processing
Example 10.2.6 John loves the ocelot with the blue chipmunk. Let me quote...presuppositions of both constituent NPs. Thus, the ocelot with the blue chipmunk presupposes that there is just one such ocelot available for reference and that such...
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The Teotihuacan Trinity: The Sociopolitical Structure of an Ancient Mesoamerican City
Book by Annabeth Headrick; University of Texas Press, 2007
Subjects: Aztecs--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan--Antiquities, Aztecs--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan--Politics And Government, Aztecs--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan--Rites And Ceremonies, Excavations (Archaeology)--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan, San Juan Teotihuacaan (Mexico)--Antiquities, Social Archaeology--Mexico--San Juan Teotihuacaan, Teotihuacaan Site (San Juan Teotihuacaan, Mexico)
...rose up two eagle warriors and two ocelot (i.e., jaguar) warriors. The...second, Tlacotzin. And the first ocelot warrior was Temilotzin; the second, Coyoueuetzin. Thereupon arose an ocelot warrior and an eagle warrior. They...
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Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Vol. 7
Book by Keith Brown, Anne H. Anderson, Laurie Bauer, Margie Berns, Graeme Hirst, Jim Miller; Elsevier, 2006
Subjects: Language And Languages--Encyclopedias, Linguistics--Encyclopedias
...scenario 1 above is looking up the word ocelot that she heard her professor use in her...looks up the word to discover that the ocelot is a variety of cat. This discovery immediately...dictionary could in- clude a drawing of an ocelot. Her professor could mime the actions...
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Foreign Language Units for All Proficiency Levels
Book by Carl Falsgraf; International Society for Technology in Education, 2007
Subjects: Computer Literacy--Standards--United States, Educational Technology--Standards--United States, Language And Languages--Study And Teaching (Elementary)--Standards--United States, Language And Languages--Study And Teaching (Secondary)--Standards--United States, Language And Languages--Study And Teaching--Curricula--Standards--United States
...African folktales): www.contesafricains.com Ocelot, M. (2001). Kirikou et la sorciere. Paris: Milan. Ocelot, M., Andrieu, P. (2002). Kirikou et la hyene noire. Paris: Milan. Ocelot, M., Andrieu, P. (2003). Kirikou et...
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Ocelot (Leopardus Pardalis) Food Habits in a Tropical Deciduous Forest of Jalisco, Mexico
Journal article by Alejandra de Villa Meza, Enrique Martinez Meyer, Carlos A. Lopez Gonzalez; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 148, 2002
Subjects: Animal behavior, Jalisco Mexico, Predation, Wildcats
...being provided to the ocelots and uneaten remains...estimate the amount each ocelot consumed (Baker...this capture by the ocelot during the day would...nocturnal mammals. Ocelots can capture prey...humans to compete with ocelots for food resources...this portion of the ocelot distribution relies...
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Evolution of the Male-determining Gene Sry within the Cat Family Felidae
Journal article by V. King, P. N. Goodfellow, A. J. Pearks Wilkerson, W. E. Johnson; Genetics, Vol. 175, 2007
Subjects: Amino acids, Cats, DNA, Evolution, Gene amplification, Genetics, Sex-Determining Region Y Protein
...mountain cat (Leopardus jacobitus) of the ocelot lineage. PCR amplification: Primers...insertion at nucleotide position 64 in ocelot (L. pardalis) (supplemental Figure...region. This frameshift insertion in ocelot SRY was confirmed in multiple unrelated...
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Breeding "Reptiles of the Mind": Blake's Dialectics of Vision and Stead's Critique of Pollitry in the Man Who Loved Children
Journal article by Michael Ackland; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 38, 2006
Subjects: Blake, William--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Pollit, Henny--Criticism and interpretation, The Man Who Loved Children (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation
...beautiful young spotted cats, ocelots, Felis pardalis, which relieved...naiks snakes, and then an ocelot with a snake curled round him...nimble, feisty but outnumbered ocelot. (8) Others might read in...8) The snake-entwined ocelot has perhaps a forbear in Blakes...
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`Elementary, My Dear Djuna': Unreadable Simplicity in Barnes's Creatures in an Alphabet
Journal article by Daniela Caselli; Critical Survey, Vol. 13, 2001
Subjects: Barnes, Djuna--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Creatures in an Alphabet. (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Narration (Rhetoric)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Natural history--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...interconnectedness is investigated and questioned in the Fish and Ocelot poems. The Fish, the Fish, how is he caught? With grave...between perfection and death, paralleling the Fish and the Ocelot poems. The imagos perfection is both the act of reaching a...
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Vertebrate Richness and Biogeography in the Big Thicket of Texas
Journal article by Michael H. MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts, D. Craig Rudolph; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 164, 2010
Subjects: Coastal plains, National parks, North America, Vertebrates
...Perognathus hispidus), pygmy mouse (Baiomys taylori) , jaguar (Felis onca) and ocelot (Felis pardalis) are central. Six species, jaguar, ocelot, red wolf (Canus rufus), eastern hognose skunk (Conepatus leuconotus), black bear...
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magazine articles on: Ocelot  - 54 results

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My Kingdom for a Crown
Magazine article by Roland W. Kays; Natural History, Vol. 115, May 2006
Subjects: Animal behavior, Animal populations, Barro Colorado Island, Wildcats, Wildlife conservation
...captured Bobby, an oversize ocelot, I knew he was the local...he was the largest ocelot we had ever seen...with other, fearsome ocelots. These predators often...made Bobby the largest ocelot in the world-now or...as well. All fifteen ocelots we have captured on BCM...
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Disorder at the Border
Magazine article by Audrey Hudson; Human Events, Vol. 67, June 27, 2011
Subjects: Aliens, Criminals, Endangered & extinct species, National security, Smuggling, Vehicles, Wilderness areas, Wildlife sanctuaries
...And then theres a small cat called the ocelot that some critics say hasnt even been...22 million to purchase land for the ocelot, saying fence construction noise and...aide. The last-known sighting of the ocelot was in 1996, the aide added. More than...
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New Look at Cats
Magazine article by Fiona And Mel Sunquist; International Wildlife, March 2000
Subjects: Cats--Environmental aspects, Felidae--Environmental aspects
...leopard, cheetah and ocelot were unstudied...cats, including ocelots and jaguars. And...implications. The ocelot and margay of South...than margays and ocelots. Some of the big...while in Germany ocelot coats fetched as...cats labeled as "ocelots" were being imported...
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE - More Than a Quarter of Nicaraguan Households Keep Wildlife as Pets, but Now the Country Is Cracking Down
Magazine article by Steve Hendrix; International Wildlife, September 2000
Subjects: Nicaragua--Environmental aspects, Wild animals as pets--Nicaragua
...of parrots and parakeets, pacas, an ocelot cub, deer yearlings, a spider monkey...Mercado. Hes watching a playful mother ocelot that was turned in by a woman who grew...mounting broad sweeps to confiscate macaws, ocelots, monkeys and any animals listed as endangered...
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The Return of the Return of Martin Guerre
Magazine article by Susan Jeffreys; New Statesman, Vol. 125, July 12, 1996
Subjects: The Return of Martin Guerre (Radio program)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Return of Martin Guerre (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...My friend Tina gets pretty hot under the collar of her fake ocelot coat about the way they talk of Mrs Martin Guerre these days...musical Martin Guerre. She put on her summer-weight fake ocelot and a woosh of Opium and off we went Up West. "Put your pitchforks...
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ARMY'S REPLACEMENT FOR 'MOBILE COFFINS' Ocelot Should Save Soldiers
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 23, 2010
Subjects: Soldiers--Military aspects
ARMYS REPLACEMENT FOR MOBILE COFFINS Ocelot Should Save Soldiers. Byline: Keith...Snatch Land Rovers. The British-designed Ocelot has a V-shaped shell intended to defend...now coming in at a faster pace." The Ocelot was created by Force Protection Europe...
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60 JOBS IN DEAL FOR NEW ARMY VEHICLES; Leamington Firm Wins Contract for New Afghanistan Patrol Machines
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), September 24, 2010
Subjects: Machinery, Magneto-electric machines, Military vehicle industry--Contracts, Military vehicles, Vehicles, Military
...the UK defence indust r y. "Ocelot has been designed and developed...principles, with our Team Ocelot partners, to save lives...commitment that has been put into Ocelots development and the trust they...Force Protection Europe. "Ocelot meets a global demand for a...
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Soldiering on in the Gloom
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 4, 2011
Subjects: Soldiers--Military aspects
...the steering parts for 200 Ocelot light protected patrol vehicles...protect its occupants. The 200 Ocelots for the Light Protected Patrol...locally in Radford Semele. The Ocelot LPPV has been designed to provide...this year. OFF ROAD: The Ocelot light protected patrol vehicle...
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FALLING FOR BRAZIL; Iridescent Colours, Exotic Birdlife and the Roar of One of Nature's Greatest Wonders -- Iguacu Falls Is Enthralling
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 6, 2010
...national park, alive with jaguar, puma and ocelot, we passed through clouds of bright yellow...monitoring. He recounts the tale of an ocelot they found time after time in the same...said Wilson, until we realised the ocelot loved the sensation of being anaethetised...
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Your Chance to Own a Bit of Vintage Hollywood; Actress's Coat and Case Up for Sale
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), August 18, 2010
Subjects: Leigh, Vivien, Motion picture actors and actresses, Movie actors
...East fans can own a slice of actress Vivien Leighs style. An ocelot fur coat and luxury pig-skin suitcase said to have been owned...new owner to assume the case was passed on to the maid. The ocelot coat was purchased with the suitcase at auction in June...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ocelot  - 3 results

 
 
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Ocelot
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OCELOT as lot , o s , medium-sized...found as far N as Texas. The ocelot has a yellow-brown coat...weighs up to 35 lb (18 kg). Ocelots live in forests, where they...size varies from 2 to 4. Ocelots are hunted for their pelts...
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Fur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Martes ), the related mink and ermine (of the genus Mustela ), and the chinchilla, from South America. The coats of the ocelot, the wildcat, the common house cat, the marmot, the nutria, the raccoon, the hare, and the rabbit are less expensive...
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Cat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...despite the great variation among them. Among these cats are the puma (or cougar), the lynx (including the bobcat), the ocelot , the jaguarundi, the serval , and many small species described by the name cat or wildcat, such as the golden cat and European...


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