184，Ocelot

Hello, this is wild suzhou. Today, we are going to talk about the Ocelot, a medium sized catthat look like a small leopard. It lives in some parts of the United States,Central America, and South America. First, the ocelot has short fur that comes in a wide range ofcolors. The fur can be a creamy yellow tone, to a more tawny and grey color,and sometimes even a little red. This fur has lots of black spots and stripesthat are on its back, legs, head, and tail. The neck and undersides are acreamy white. It has round, black ears with white spots on the back. It’s darkbrown eyes appear golden in sunlight. The ocelot lives in the southwestern United States, all the waydown to northern Argentina. They can be found in tropical forests, thornforests, mangrove swamps, and savannas. It likes to dwell in places where ithas dense forest cover so that it can hide. It also likes places with watersources and lots of prey to eat. The ocelot will hunt for its prey to eat. It will follow scenttrails so that it can find prey. It will also wait in certain places until ananimal passes by that the ocelot can hunt. It likes to hunt in places where ithas somewhere to hide. Ocelots will eat rodents, rabbits, armadillos, opossums,fish, insects, reptiles, small birds, and other small animals. They hardly everhunt large animals. For wild suzhou, Im Ciana, thanks for listening and see you nexttime.