Margay vs Ocelot
The ocelot is heavier: 11.9 kg against 3.25 kg for the margay, about 3.7 times the weight.
Photo: Supreet Sahoo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a margay and a ocelot?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The ocelot is heavier: 11.9 kg against 3.25 kg for the margay, about 3.7 times the weight.
- The ocelot is longer-lived: 24.8 years against 21 years for the margay, about 18% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Leopardus, so they are close relatives.
- The margay is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List; the ocelot is Least Concern.
Side by side
| Margay | Ocelot | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Leopardus wiedii | Leopardus pardalis |
| Family | Felidae | Felidae |
| Order | Carnivora | Carnivora |
| Weight | 3.25 kg – 3.6 kg | 10.5 kg – 16 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 21 years | 24.8 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | acouchi, blue-and-yellow macaw, brachyura, capybara, common agouti, green iguana and 13 more |
| Habitat | forest | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Near Threatened | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.