1. By: Tina Elmlinger January 25, 2007
Margays
By: Tina Elmlinger
January 25, 2007

2. Hi! I’m a Margay. Small cat Yellow fur with dark rosettes Long tail
Similar to ocelot but smaller
25-27” tall

3. Carnivore. How can you tell?
What should I eat today?
I’m a
Carnivore. How can you tell?
Rat
Monkey
So many choices!
Squirrel
Insects
Possum
Bird

4. Who wants to hunt me? Man Larger carnivores The “mob”
Larger animals such as the Jaguar hunt and feed on the margay. Margays are sometimes mobbed by the animals they wish to dine on.

5. At Home in the Rainforest
Canopy Layer
Mexico
Peru
Paraguay
Argentina

6. I’m nocturnal! I’m nocturnal
This means that I sleep during the day and hunt at night. Diurnal animals are active during the day and sleep at night, just like most of you do.

7. Prehistoric times. U.S. citizen
A fossil of the Margay dated 2,400 BC has been collected from a shell in a marsh near Orange County, Texas (Eddleman and Akersten 1966).  This is not far from the Texas-Louisiana border.

8. Do You Remember? What do I eat? Who are my predators?
What layer of the rainforest do I live in?
What do you call animals that are active at night?
Can you remember a place I used to live?

9. Works Cited http://www.bigcatrescue.org/catfacts/catfacts.htm