Species from the Peruvian Jungle

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English  Name: Margay or Tree Ocelot
Scientific Name: Felis wiedii

Spanish Nam e: Margay

Size: 26 inches long, plus 16 for tail
450-800mm, 2-3kg

Life span: wild=15  captivity=20

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Diet: It normally eats tree frogs and tree rats, it also eats insects, mokeys, birds, opposums, porcupines, marmosets, capuchins, three-toed sloths, but it rarely eats fruits
 

Predators: Its predators are jaguars and humans
 

Adaptations:large night-vision eyes, strong paws and nails to climb, long tail to stabilize when climbing, and ankle joints that can rotate 180degrees that allow it to hang of a branch with one leg like a monkey.
 

Interesting Facts: It can run down a tree head first 
(thanks to its ankle joints). 10, 000 left in the wild.Tail takes about 70% of its total length.In captivity they can live up to 20 years, 5 years than in the wild.
 
 
 

 Bibliography:  see report by Enrique C.