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

Cat′amount, a common name in the United States for the cougar or puma—also called Panther, Painter, and American lion; Catamoun′tain, or Cat o' mountain, a leopard, panther, or ocelot: a wild mountaineer.—adj. ferocious, savage.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Every day in the U.S. alone, more than a million vertebrate animals meet their end on the asphalt, among them rarities like Florida panthers and ocelots.

From Slate ● May 25, 2024

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