What are the ocelot's relatives?

Answer 1

The jaguarundi is the closest Puma relative; however, there are currently 6 recognized subspecies of Puma concolor:

P. c. cougar: North America

P. c. costaricensis: Central America

P. c. capricornensis: eastern South America

P. c. concolor: northern South America

P. c. cabrerae: central South America

P. c. puma: southern South America.

Answer 2

The puma has only one close relative with which it shares the genus puma - the jaguarundi. It looks quite similar to the puma but is considerably smaller. See the image above of a jaguarundi.

Answer 3

Ocelots are wild cats found mostly is South and Central America. They are closely related to other small wild cats such as Geoffrey's Cats and Margays.

Answer 4

The Puma comes from the family Felidae, meaning carnivore or cat.

Answer 5

There is only one other animal in the same genus of the puma and that is the jaguarundi. See the image above of the pumas close cousin. It looks very similar to a puma but is much smaller.

Answer 6

The puma belongs to the Felidae - the cat family.

Answer 7

Mountian lion couger and panther