serval vs ocelot
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noun
- slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
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In-Sync today is home to 18 tigers, 12 cougars, 6 lions, 3 leopards, 2 lynx, 2 bobcats, a serval and a coatimundi, named Nugget.
A few members of the cat family are occasionally spotted, including serval cats, civets, African wild cats and caraculs.
In East Africa small cats include wild cats, sand and serval cats.
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noun
- nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
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Among some of the endangered mammals found in this ecoregion are the jaguar (Panthera onca), puma (Felis concolor), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), tapir (Tapirus bairdii), greater grison (Galictis vittata), tayra (Eira barbara), Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), and mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata).
We estimate that fewer than 100 ocelots remain in the U.S., all in south Texas.
Fauna recorded within the park include giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis (V), La Plata otter Lutra platensis, coatimundi Nasua nasua, ocelot Felis pardalis, jaguar Panthera onca, puma Felis concolor, margay Leopardus wiedii, brocket deer Mazama rufina (LR) and American tapir Tapirus terrestris (LR).