Like all nocturnal animals Margays have proportionally larger eyes to help gather more light.
Margays are small, elegant wild cats with a slender body and long legs. They have a distinctive coat featuring a tawny or yellowish background adorned with dark spots and rosettes, resembling that of a leopard. Their large, expressive eyes and relatively long tail aid in balance, making them adept climbers. Additionally, their facial markings and ear patterns contribute to their striking appearance.
Margays like to shelter in the hollow of a tree.
Margays give birth to a single kitten.
Margays can live 15-18 years.
The margay is a small wild cat found in Central and South America. They have a slender body, large eyes for hunting at night, and a long tail for balance. Their physiology allows them to be agile climbers, capable of leaping from tree to tree in the rainforest canopy.
Margays lives in northern Mexico in moist forests and in Argentina.
Young margays drink milk, produced by the mother.
Margays are small spotted cats that can be found living in trees. Margays are on the fast track to becoming extinct due to hunters killing them for their fur.
Margays give birth to their young in a hollow of a tree.
Predators of the toucan include large birds like eagles and hawks. Other predators are jaguars and margays, as well as boa constrictors.
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No, margays do not hibernate. They are active year-round and do not experience a period of dormancy like some other animals do during winter.