Centro de rehabilitacion
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Nuestra Fauna Ecuador
Ocelot
Leopardus Pardalis
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It can be found in the southern United States, Central America, and South America. After the jaguar, the spotted cat the greatest of America. It has elongated and muscular limbs with strong claws, a short tail and a more intense color. He has nocturnal habits. Its diet consists of larger prey such as fawns, turkeys, small wild boars, and guantas among others. Gestation period is 60 days and they have 2 to 5 small. It is a species with extinction due to hunting for its fur and as zoo animal danger.
Jaguarondi
Herpailurus Yaguarondi
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He lives in the Andes or the coast, especially in forested areas and grasslands. It measures approximately 1.30 meters long, its body is elongated, the head is small and flattened hind legs are longer than the previous ones, its tail measuring up to 40 cm long, its color can be dark coffee, reddish gray. They can be born from the same litter with a different color each. He diurnal habits and it is common to see them hunt in the early hours of the morning and at dusk. It is considered a predator in the farms and in the countryside. They feed birds and small mammals including small deer. This is a great sprinter and he climbs with much ease trees to find prey. Their gestation period is nine weeks and they have 2 to 5 small.
Felines ​
Margay
Leopardus Wiedii
They are found throughout South America, Central America and the southern United States, in humid climates, semi-wet and dry. They are solitary and territorial. Their diet is varied: mammals, reptiles, amphibians. This is an agile tree climber. It is nocturnal, smaller than the ocelot, and it is characterized by its long tail. Its color is a bit dark, its spots are small and round. Gestation period is 2 months, it can put down 2 to 5 young in burrows, trained trees or bruscudos.
