ocelot

Akers would like to see all hermit crabs legally reclassified as exotic pets, like an alligator or an ocelot, so their sale and ownership could be regulated.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

There’s a new ocelot kitten at the Los Angeles Zoo, delighting zookeepers and visitors.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

The ocelot is a midsize cat — larger than a house cat but smaller than a bobcat, according to the zoo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

“It’s not one of our native big cat species, mountain lion, bobcat, ocelot or jaguar. It’s pretty big for a house cat,” Arizona Game and Fish Department spokesman Tom Cadden told The Arizona Republic Wednesday.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

Examples of the third class are all carved to imitate the puma or ocelot.

From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by William Henry Holmes

With them go their predators, the jaguars, ocelots and—yes—anacondas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Birds sing among dense copses of mesquite trees; flowers hang heavily from bushes; ocelots and jaguars pass through.

From Slate ● May 26, 2025

Eventually they spotted ocelots and golden eagles, six different species of rattlesnake and a jaguar.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

Earlier this year, Reuters reported for the first time that scientists were finding mammals, from titi monkeys to ocelots, showing signs of mercury contamination near a Peruvian gold mining hotspot.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2023

Sleepiness and slothfulness keep it out of harm’s way, away from the notice of jaguars, ocelots, harpy eagles and anacondas.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel