... excellent swimmers, but mostly hunt on the ground. Ocelots have extremely beautiful fur and are killed carelessly for the fur trade. Their coat is short, soft, and marked with both black spots and rosettes. The base color ranges from tawny to reddish brown. Their ventral surfaces are usually lighter or even white in color. They tend to have a single, white spot ... on the back of each ear and some white markings around each of their eyes and mouth. They have two black lines of fur that go down the length of either side of their face, and their tail is marked with black bands similar to ...

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