. American animal life . PUMA OCELOT AND MUSKRAT. &?s*> II H small, catlike animal, with spots on its side and irregular stripes of blackand white running lengthwise along its hack, is the little ocelot. He remindsyou ol the leopard at first sight, but he is much smaller and no two of them aremarked exactly alike. His whole length, including fifteen inches of tail, is forty-five inches, and hisheight will average thirteen inches. Very little is known of this member of thecat family. Like the jaguar, whose hunting grounds are also his, he climbs trees, huntingfor birds, or hides in the branc
. American animal life . PUMA OCELOT AND MUSKRAT. &?s*> II H small, catlike animal, with spots on its side and irregular stripes of blackand white running lengthwise along its hack, is the little ocelot. He remindsyou ol the leopard at first sight, but he is much smaller and no two of them aremarked exactly alike. His whole length, including fifteen inches of tail, is forty-five inches, and hisheight will average thirteen inches. Very little is known of this member of thecat family. Like the jaguar, whose hunting grounds are also his, he climbs trees, huntingfor birds, or hides in the branches, watching for small quadrupeds, upon which he preys. He is a treacherous, ill-tempered, and bad fellow; yet in the time of the Aztecs, he wasused by those Indians to hunt birds. He was, and is, killed a great deal by the Indians,who, on account of its decorative qualities, use his skm for clothing. No doubt, when theocelot is better known, we will find some very interesting facts to tell about this beast. Muskrat, or Musquash, as the Alg
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