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HB Length: 46-69 cm (18-27″) Tail Length: 23-52 cm (9-20″) Height: Appr. 30 cm (12″) Weight: 2.3-4.9 kg (5-11 lbs) Pop. Trend: Decreasing Margays Leopardus wiedii are among the most beautiful and mysterious of the spotted cats in the Americas. The Margay looks similar to the bigger Ocelot Leopardus pardalis and the smaller Tiger Cats Leopardus tigrinus/Leopardus guttulus which have similar coat patterns and colours. It is closer to the Tiger Cats in size but in appearance it resembles the Ocelot. In some parts of South America it is even called “little ocelot”. Their coat is brownish yellow through tan, with black spots, stripes and blotches running lengthwise along their body. The Margay has a thick and soft fur, which renders one of its common names in northern Brazil, “gato-peludo” or “fury cat”. The centre of each spot, or rosette, is slightly paler, but still darker than the ground colour of the fur. The belly, chest, throat, chin, and insides of the legs are a snowy white. On the Margay, as on the Ocelot, the fur turns forward in the nape region, and the hairs on the neck are directed towards the crown. They have two dark cheek stripes on each side of the face. Their tail, as in many arboreal mammals, is very long, as much as 70% of the body length, and marked with broad rings, and a black tip. The backs of the large, rounded ears are black with a white central spot. Their eyes are enormous, and dark brown. In 2018, researchers recorded the first instances of melanistic Margays, photographing one black individual in Columbia, and another in Costa Rica. Melanism is common for other members of the Leopardus genus, but had never been reported for the Margay.
