Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Ocelot FAMILY - Felidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Leopardus pardalis pardalis REFERENCES - 3 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 8 Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 4 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 4 Cites I 3 U.S. ESA - Endangered 3 IUCN - Vulnerable 3 - Comments on Status 4* formerly intensively hunted for skin trade, much less so currently. District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Community Baboon Sanctuary 18 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Sign, tracks/scat Wet season 16 Chiquibul National Park Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 15 Columbia River Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Wet season 14 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 13 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 12 Columbia River Forest Reserve Permanent 11 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 10 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 9 Shipstern Nature Reserve 8 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 6 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 5 Manatee Forest Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Wet season 17 Gallon Jug Sighting 19 Shipstern Nature Reserve Sign, tracks/scat Dry season 20 Chiquibul National Park Collected as voucher APRIL 21 Hydrologic Association Reference Macal River 21 Macal River 13 Prasco Ha Creek 11 Raspaculo River 10 Mussel Creek 7 Cox's Lagoon 12 Mullins River Drainage 17 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 18 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 16 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 14 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 12 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 17 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 8 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 19 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 20 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 21 Subtropical moist 20 General Distribution Comments 21* LSU Ballerina Camp 13* Rubber Camp creek-side, tracks 6* "pop. level relatively high" References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 2:1043-1045 3 Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.291-292 4 Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide. University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London. p.149 5 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 6 Jacobson, S. 1990. Wildlife Inventory of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Parts I and II. Appendix 2. 7 Weyer, D. 1994. Proposal to Establish the Mussel Creek Drainage as a Wildlife Sanctuary. p.18 8 Meerman, J. C. 1993. Mammals of the Shipstern Nature Reserve. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2:11, pp.83-85 9 Clark, W. 1993. A contribution to the mammals of the Mountain Pine Ridge; Hidden Valley Inn, Cayo District, Belize, Central America. Unpub. report for WCS. pp.7-8 10 Rodgers, A.D.F.; D. A. Sutton, eds. 1991. Report of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to the Upper Raspaculo. Unpub. report. pp. E-1-1 and E-1-2 11 Meyer, J. February 1993. Belize Environmental Action Network Expedition to the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. 14-18 December 1992. Unpub. report. p.6 12 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.3-4 13 Clark, W. C. 1992. Mammal Surveys Along the Macal River in Areas to be Affected by the Belize Electricity Board's Proposed Hydroelectric Project. pp.3-16. Draft report in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Volume II of III. 14 Matola, S. ed. 1990. The Columbia River Forest Reserve Expedition 9-16 December. p.37. Unpub. report 15 Matola, S., ed. 1992. The Maya Divide Expedition 1-15 May. Unpub. report 16 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Cockscomb Basin Expedition Report June 11-18. Unpublished report 17 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Studies in the Upper Mullins River Basin, Feb. and May. Unpublished Report. 18 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 19 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 20 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 21 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner.
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