Ocelot

o'se-lot, an American animal of the leopard kind. It is, in fact, a small leopard about four feet in length from the nose to the extremity of the tail. It is a grayish animal marked with black-edged, fawn-colored spots. The under parts are whitish, more or less marked with black. The tail is half ringed with black. The ocelot ranges from Louisiana to Central America. It preys chiefly on birds. The name is Mexican. It is seen frequently about Mexican farmhouses in a semi-do-mesticated condition. It has the reputation and the faithless disposition of the domestic cat.