ORANGE COUNTY ZOO
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Irvine Park Railroad
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owned and operated by the
County
of Orange, California.
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Orange County Zoological Society,
Copyright 2005.
Ocelot
Leopardus pardalis
This solitary cat in endangered in the United States
with as few as 120 living in Texas and an unknown number in Arizona.
They are also found in Mexico, Cen
tral
America, and South America from Argentina to Equador. They live in humid
jungles, dense forests, brush and chaparral.
These nocturnal, spotted cats have large eyes and good night vision.
They diet ranges from birds, rabbits and rodents, to reptiles fish,
frogs, and monkeys.
They have been hunted and prized for their fur since the ancient Aztecs.
In the 1960’s to mid-1970’s, as many as 200,000 ocelot were killed
annual for their fur.
