Diet
The ocelot eats mice, rabbits, rats, birds, snakes, lizards, fish, and frogs. The ocelot is solitary, but sometimes hunts with another ocelot. It calls to its hunting partner with meows that sound like a house cat's call. The ocelot hunts most of its prey on the ground, but sometimes catches birds in trees.
Life Cycle
The ocelot mates year-round. About 70 days after mating, the female gives birth to one to three young. The female makes a den in the brush. She leaves the kittens at night to hunt for food, but she spends the day with them. The kittens begin hunting with their mother when they are about three months old. The kittens may stay with the mother for up to a year.
Behavior
The ocelot does most of its hunting at night. It rests in trees or dense brush during the day. It has a
home range of between one and four square miles.
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