Ocelot females normally have just one kitten per litter, sometimes two. Second, there are only an estimated 80 ocelots left in the country due to the gradual and substantial loss and fragmentation ...

Although it has a range that extends from South America into the U.S., the ocelot is listed as endangered, with fewer than 100 remaining in the United States.

"In short, suitable ocelot habitat exists on the Herradura Ranch," Tewes wrote in a brief report filed with the court. "It exists along or near the pipeline right-of-way.

NATURAL HISTORY OCELOT} Leopardus pardalis FAMILY: Felidae DESCRIPTION: The ocelot is a medium-sized, spotted cat. It grows to about three feet long, not including its tail, and weighs around 30 ...

The ocelot is regarded as one of the most elusive animals in North America, but Tewes and his team of scientists at the Caesar Kleberg institute, along with the East Foundation and documentarian ...

SAVING THE OCELOT The strikingly spotted ocelot is highly territorial and requires about seven miles of dense, thorny vegetation for hunting. Unfortunately, agriculture, urban development and roads ...

Biologists estimate there are fewer than 80 ocelot roaming in South Texas; some are on private land, others on refuge land. Between 2015 and 2016, at least seven ocelot were killed on area roads.

More than 95 percent of Texas' ocelot habitat has been converted to agricultural fields, rangeland or commercial forest. Most of what remains are tiny islands too small to support ocelots.

This brings 89,600-acres of brushland habitat in Jim Hogg and Starr Counties that is removed from high-traffic roadways and storm surge area into ocelot conservation.