Leopardus pardalis

Scientific name:

Leopardus pardalis

Threat level:

Least concern

Authority:

Linnaeus, 1758

Common names:

• Gato onza (Spanish)
• Manigordo (Spanish)
• Ocelote (Spanish)
• Tigrillo (Spanish)

Version:

3.1

Year assessed:

2008

Assessor(s):

Caso, A., Lopez-Gonzalez, C., Payan, E., Eizirik, E., de Oliveira, T., Leite-Pitman, R., Kelly, M. & Valderrama, C.

Evaluator(s):

Nowell, K., Breitenmoser-Wursten, C., Breitenmoser, U. (Cat Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:

Recent ecological studies have shown that the ocelot usually ranks first in felid abundance in most habitat types in the lowland Neotropics, and that the species can reach density estimates high enough for maintaining several long-tern viable populations, especially in the Amazon Basin, its stronghold (Oliveira et al. in submission, Oliveira et al. in press). For this reason it is listed as Least Concern. However, some subpopulations are threatened, and decreasing (IUCN Cats Red List Workshop 2007).

Geographic ranges:

• Argentina (Native)
• Belize (Native)
• Bolivia (Native)
• Brazil (Native)
• Colombia (Native)
• Costa Rica (Native)
• Ecuador (Native)
• El Salvador (Native)
• French Guiana (Native)
• Guatemala (Native)
• Guyana (Native)
• Honduras (Native)
• Mexico (Native)
• Nicaragua (Native)
• Panama (Native)
• Paraguay (Native)
• Peru (Native)
• Suriname (Native)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Native)
• United States (Native)
• Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic Of (Native)
• Uruguay (Presence uncertain)

Population trend:

Decreasing

Ecosystems

• Terrestrial

List of habitats:

• Forest
• Subtropical/Tropical Dry
• Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
• Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
• Savanna
• Dry
• Moist
• Shrubland
• Subtropical/Tropical Dry
• Subtropical/Tropical Moist

List of threats:

• Residential & commercial development
• Housing & urban areas
• Commercial & industrial areas
• Agriculture & aquaculture
• Annual & perennial non-timber crops
• Agro-industry farming
• Wood & pulp plantations
• Agro-industry plantations
• Livestock farming & ranching
• Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming
• Energy production & mining
• Mining & quarrying
• Transportation & service corridors
• Roads & railroads
• Biological resource use
• Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals
• Intentional use (species is the target)
• Unintentional effects (species is not the target)
• Persecution/control
• Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded
• Human intrusions & disturbance
• Recreational activities
• Natural system modifications
• Fire & fire suppression
• Trend Unknown/Unrecorded
• Dams & water management/use
• Dams (size unknown)
• Invasive & other problematic species & genes
• Invasive non-native/alien species
• Unspecified species
• Problematic native species
• Pollution
• Domestic & urban waste water
• Type Unknown/Unrecorded

List of conservation actions:

• Land/water protection
• Site/area protection
• Resource & habitat protection
• Land/water management
• Site/area management
• Habitat & natural process restoration
• Species management
• Species recovery
• Species re-introduction
• Reintroduction
• Ex-situ conservation
• Captive breeding/artificial propagation
• Genome resource bank
• Law & policy
• Legislation
• National level
• Sub-national level