Ocelot

Live in packs or solo: Ocelots tend to be solitary and terriorial and they spend most of their time on trees 

Roles within community: Ocelots play a role in keeping prey populations like small and medium-sized rodents, in check and ensuring healthy forest regeneration

male or female led groups: Ocelots are solitary, they usually only meet during mating season. 

Individuals that make up the group: An ocelot family is made up of an adult female and her young

How do they interact with each other: They interact by using body language, sent markings, and vocalizations 

How often do they mate: Ocelots mate once or twice a year 

How many mates do they have: A male ocelot will mate with multiple females

Time of the year for mating: Towards the end of the year like around September to November

Mating rituals: Females call loudly to attract a male when they are in season

Number of offspring produces at a time: The female will have 2-4 kittens

Any unique characteristics of their mating: Atfer breeding, the male and female ocelot will go their separate ways

Stages of development:  The kitten eyes are closed at birth but open at about 14 days. The kitten begins to walk when it is three weeks old. As the kitten grows, the mother ocelot teaches it how to hunt, usually at four to six weeks of age, and the kitten is able to eat solid food at eight weeks, although it may continue to nurse for six months

How old before sexual maturity: Female ocelots start between 18 months and 2 years old. Males often develop a little more slowly, reaching sexual maturity around 2.5 years

Activities and environment of stages: Although ocelot kittens are fully grown by the time they are a year old and are capable of becoming independent, they will often be tolerated in their mother’s home range for a couple of years before they leave to establish a territory of their own.

Different between male and female:

-Female's are slightly smaller than males 

- Males travle up to twice as far then females

Predation: Jaguars, pumas, and harpy eagles

Sexual competition: A male ocelot keeps a territory that overlaps four or five females’ territories, so he can easily find a mate. Males are territorial and are not friendly toward their male next-door neighbors

Disease: Exposure to multiple pathogens typically considered to reside in domestic animal reservoirs have been documented in ocelots, including feline herpes virus (FHV), feline calicivirus (FCV), feline corona virus (FCoV), feline panleukopenia virus (FPV), feline leukemia virus (FeLV), and canine distemper virus 

Other causes: Old age or humans hunting for their fur