Widely distributed, the ocelot ranges from south Texas to northern Argentina. In Texas, they primarily inhabit dense chaparral brush, where they prey on small mammals, reptiles and birds, including rodents, rabbits, snakes, lizards and young deer. Denning in caves, hollow trees and thickets, Texan ocelots breed in late summer, bearing litters ...

2024年4月26日 · In 2021, an ocelot was found dead on a highway in Hidalgo County, about 50 miles west of the known ocelot range in South Texas. Earlier this year, wildlife officials ran DNA tests on the deceased ...

the Ocelot once occurred throughout south Texas, the southern Edwards Plateau Region, and along the Coastal Plain. Over the years, the Ocelot pop-ulation declined primarily due to loss of habitat and predator control activi-ties. Today, Texas counties that con-tain areas identified as occupied habitat are: Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo,

The East Foundation manages over 217,000 acres of ranchland in South Texas and collects data on ocelot population size, genetics, diseases, survival and mortality, movements, and habitat use. The organization has photo-documented over 30 individual ocelots on one of its ranches near Port Mansfield and uses various research tools such as ...

2024年4月25日 · Ocelots once roamed much of South Texas. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, records indicate that the ocelot lived in the southern Edwards Plateau Region and along the Coastal Plain.However ...

In 1995 it was estimated that 80 to 120 individuals lived in Texas. Habitat Dense, thorny, low brush such as spiny hackberry, lotebush, and blackbrush offer the Ocelot the best habitat. Distribution Historical records indicate that the Ocelot once occurred throughout south Texas, the southern Edwards Plateau, and along the Coastal Plain.

2023年12月17日 · The East Foundation manages over 217,000 acres of ranchland in South Texas and collects data on ocelot population size, genetics, diseases, survival and mortality, movements, and habitat use. The organization has photo-documented over 30 individual ocelots on one of its ranches near Port Mansfield and uses various research tools such as ...

2023年3月3日 · Historically, ocelots existed throughout the Southwestern U.S. However, due to habitat loss and fragmentation, only a small breeding population of about 60 to 80 ocelots remains in South Texas.

2023年9月14日 · The ocelot is listed as an endangered species throughout its range in South and Central America, Mexico, and southern Texas and southern Arizona. In Texas, ocelots are currently only known to occur in two small, isolated breeding populations that total less than 100 individuals on private ranch land and Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

The endangered ocelots of south Texas had an encouraging 2016! Several females with kittens were documented using remote cameras placed in strategic locations where ocelots live and reproduce. This along with the substantial efforts made by Texas Department of Transportation to provide wildlife crossings made this recent discovery even more exciting.