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THE MARGAY
(LEOPARDUS WIEDII)
        Grade:6
    Fessenden School
    By : Paige Milner
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATIONS
•   Common name: Margay
•   Kingdom: Animalia
•   Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrate)
•   Class: Mammalia
•   Order: Carnivora
•   Family: Felidae
•   Genus: Leopardus
•   Species: Leopardus wiedii
•   The Margay has tawny or a brownish yellow background
    colouring, patterned with black-ringed rosettes which are
    circles with colored insides or pale inside,and stretched
                                                                    APPEARANCE
    blotches
•   Weighs about 9-20 pounds
•   Very similar to the ocelot but is smaller
•   Long slender body, strong paws, and claws
•   White fur runs along the belly to the throat
•   It has a long tail and a black stripe along both cheeks below
    its eyes
•   45 cm long tail
•   Its colour helps it camouflage at night
•   Large round eyes (Nocturnal)
•   Fur is very thick
•   Its long tail helps stabilize the margay as it moves on the
    ground or in the trees

          ocelot
HABITAT
• The Margay lives in Mexico, Peru, parts of
  Paraguay, the northern parts of Argentina, the
  Amazon basin, Uruguay, Belize and Brazil
• They live in remote and dense areas of the rainforest
• They are extinct in Texas
• Lives mostly lives in the trees and
hardly ever goes on the ground
• They are solitary creatures witch means they live on
  their own
• They sleep on tree branches, hallow caves ,dense
  vegetation or tree crooks
LIFE CYCLE
•   The Margays are usually born in a litter 1-2 and weight about
    2.75-6 ounces at birth
•   They open there eyes at 2 weeks
•   The Margay kittens are taught to hunt at the age of 8 weeks
•   They are mature enough to have kittens at the age of 2 years
    old and the gestation period takes between 75-85 days
•   The females can have kittens between March and June
•   The males leave before the kittens are born and does not help
    with their raising
•   Females attract males with a long moaning sounds, the males
    respond by yelping or making trilling sounds and also rapidly
    shaking there heads side to side.
•   They live for about 15 years in the wild and live for about 20
    years in captivity
Diet
• They eat a whole bunch of things like …

• Birds, monkeys, tree frogs, insects,
  opossums, porcupines, marmosets,
  capuchins, three toed sloths
• They also supplement there diet with
  fruit
• The Margay prefers staking or
  ambushing its prey
• Margays also use mimicry to hunt
  animals
• Harpy Eagles,
  and other        PREDATORS
  birds of prey,
  Cougars,
  Jaguars and
  other jungle
  cats eat the
  margay
• Humans are
  also one of
  the biggest
  predators of
  the Margay
HOW DOES THE
                      MARGAY HELP THE
• Margays help the    ENVIRONMENT
  environment by
  controlling the
  population of birds,
  insects, and all the
  other animals that they
  eat
• Margays also help the
  environment by being
  food for bigger animals
HOW DO HUMANS IMPACT THE MARGAY
• Humans impact the margay by
  killing them for there coats and
  sometimes for pet trade
• Humans also impact them by
  cutting down the rainforest
• There are only about 10 000
  margays left in the wild
WHAT CAN WE DO TO
HELP THE MARGAY
SURVIVE
          • We can help them by
            stopping people from
            cutting down trees in
            there habitats
          • Stop hunting them for
            there fur and pet trade
          • There is also an
            international
            protection over the
            Margay but local men
            and woman still hunt
            them illegally
FACTS
• Margays can turn their ankles 180 degrees
• They can jump 12 feet or 4 meters horizontally
• They can walk head first down trees
• They can hang upside down from a branch with one foot
• They don’t usually bother humans except for stealing livestock
  and chickens
• “There was a sub-fossil specimen of the Margay dated back to 2
  400 BC found in a tidal marsh near the mouth of the Sabine
  river”
MORE
                         FACTS

• Scientists don’t yet know how the margays communicate with
  each other
• Their kitten mortality rate is 50%
• Margays mimic monkeys
• They are extremely quick
• The margay is also known as a long tailed spotted cat and the
  tree ocelot
REFERENCES
•   http://bigcatrescue.org/2011/margay-facts
•   http://www.ecology.info/ecology-ocelot-margay.htm
•   http://www.tigerhomes.org/wild-cats/wc-margay.cfm
•   http://www.saczoo.org/document.doc?id=37
•   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margay
•   http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/bco/margay.htm
•   http://www.amersol.edu.pe/ms/7th/7block/jungle_research/new_car
    ds/23c/Report23c.html



I couldn't have done it with out these websites
Thank you
BOOK REFERENCES
-Smithsonian Institution, animal, The definitive visual guide ,Written by-David
Bernie and Don E Wilson
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Paige m the margay

  • 1. THE MARGAY (LEOPARDUS WIEDII) Grade:6 Fessenden School By : Paige Milner
  • 2. SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATIONS • Common name: Margay • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrate) • Class: Mammalia • Order: Carnivora • Family: Felidae • Genus: Leopardus • Species: Leopardus wiedii
  • 3. The Margay has tawny or a brownish yellow background colouring, patterned with black-ringed rosettes which are circles with colored insides or pale inside,and stretched APPEARANCE blotches • Weighs about 9-20 pounds • Very similar to the ocelot but is smaller • Long slender body, strong paws, and claws • White fur runs along the belly to the throat • It has a long tail and a black stripe along both cheeks below its eyes • 45 cm long tail • Its colour helps it camouflage at night • Large round eyes (Nocturnal) • Fur is very thick • Its long tail helps stabilize the margay as it moves on the ground or in the trees ocelot
  • 4. HABITAT • The Margay lives in Mexico, Peru, parts of Paraguay, the northern parts of Argentina, the Amazon basin, Uruguay, Belize and Brazil • They live in remote and dense areas of the rainforest • They are extinct in Texas • Lives mostly lives in the trees and hardly ever goes on the ground • They are solitary creatures witch means they live on their own • They sleep on tree branches, hallow caves ,dense vegetation or tree crooks
  • 5. LIFE CYCLE • The Margays are usually born in a litter 1-2 and weight about 2.75-6 ounces at birth • They open there eyes at 2 weeks • The Margay kittens are taught to hunt at the age of 8 weeks • They are mature enough to have kittens at the age of 2 years old and the gestation period takes between 75-85 days • The females can have kittens between March and June • The males leave before the kittens are born and does not help with their raising • Females attract males with a long moaning sounds, the males respond by yelping or making trilling sounds and also rapidly shaking there heads side to side. • They live for about 15 years in the wild and live for about 20 years in captivity
  • 6. Diet • They eat a whole bunch of things like … • Birds, monkeys, tree frogs, insects, opossums, porcupines, marmosets, capuchins, three toed sloths • They also supplement there diet with fruit • The Margay prefers staking or ambushing its prey • Margays also use mimicry to hunt animals
  • 7. • Harpy Eagles, and other PREDATORS birds of prey, Cougars, Jaguars and other jungle cats eat the margay • Humans are also one of the biggest predators of the Margay
  • 8. HOW DOES THE MARGAY HELP THE • Margays help the ENVIRONMENT environment by controlling the population of birds, insects, and all the other animals that they eat • Margays also help the environment by being food for bigger animals
  • 9. HOW DO HUMANS IMPACT THE MARGAY • Humans impact the margay by killing them for there coats and sometimes for pet trade • Humans also impact them by cutting down the rainforest • There are only about 10 000 margays left in the wild
  • 10. WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP THE MARGAY SURVIVE • We can help them by stopping people from cutting down trees in there habitats • Stop hunting them for there fur and pet trade • There is also an international protection over the Margay but local men and woman still hunt them illegally
  • 11. FACTS • Margays can turn their ankles 180 degrees • They can jump 12 feet or 4 meters horizontally • They can walk head first down trees • They can hang upside down from a branch with one foot • They don’t usually bother humans except for stealing livestock and chickens • “There was a sub-fossil specimen of the Margay dated back to 2 400 BC found in a tidal marsh near the mouth of the Sabine river”
  • 12. MORE FACTS • Scientists don’t yet know how the margays communicate with each other • Their kitten mortality rate is 50% • Margays mimic monkeys • They are extremely quick • The margay is also known as a long tailed spotted cat and the tree ocelot
  • 13. REFERENCES • http://bigcatrescue.org/2011/margay-facts • http://www.ecology.info/ecology-ocelot-margay.htm • http://www.tigerhomes.org/wild-cats/wc-margay.cfm • http://www.saczoo.org/document.doc?id=37 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margay • http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/bco/margay.htm • http://www.amersol.edu.pe/ms/7th/7block/jungle_research/new_car ds/23c/Report23c.html I couldn't have done it with out these websites Thank you
  • 14. BOOK REFERENCES -Smithsonian Institution, animal, The definitive visual guide ,Written by-David Bernie and Don E Wilson