#Oncilla

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Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) melanistic, family Felidae, Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica

Also called the tigrillo, northern spotted cat, and little spotted cat.

photograph by Noah Israel

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new girl of mine named Rory :3 you can read about her on ToyHouse!

[birdblues]

Oncilla

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In Costa Rica, the oncilla preys heavily upon the Talamancan deermouse, which in turn feasts on oak seeds. Because of this close relationship, the cat can keep populations in check, preventing overgrazing, says José Daniel Ramírez-Fernández, a biologist and coordinator of the Oncilla Project.

Image courtesy of Oncilla Conservation/Costa Rica Wildlife Foundation.

Small cats face big threats: Reasons to save these elusive endangered species

Considered by some conservationists as the world’s most endangered small cat species, the Borneo bay cat is an enigmatic species and rarely shows itself to researchers’ camera traps. As a result, little is known about its ecological role or the threats it faces.

Image courtesy of SFD, IZW, Panthera.

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic wild cat tournament

Ocelot lineage

Genus: Leopardus

Depth: 7 (6 wins away from championship)

The previous opponent of the kodkod, the southern tiger cat was separated as a species from the oncilla: this is the northern tiger cat or tigrillo. (Leopardus species have such amazing names.) They are indeed very similar-looking, but they live in different areas and they don't interbreed.

Kodkod

Oncilla

[little-cat-showdown]

[ID: a photo of a sunda clouded leopard and a photo of an oncilla. the sunda clouded leopard is a medium sized cat with a tan coat covered in large spots, with smaller spots inside. the oncilla is a small cat with a tan coat covered in small rosettes. end ID]

note: the Sunda clouded leopard is also known as the Sundaland clouded leopard, Enkuli clouded leopard, Diard's clouded leopard, and Diard's cat. the oncilla is also known as the northern tiger cat, little spotted cat, and tigrillo

[mirtadraws]

Inktober 28 - northern tigrina/oncilla

[saltwaterstier]

#Cattember Day 24 - Oncilla! 🥰

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5 RARE cats CAUGHT on Camera Traps

In this video, we're looking at 5 rare cat sightings from Camera Traps / Trail Cams. 1. Anatolian Leopards in Turkey 2. Florida Panthers with babies in the USA 3. Oncilla in Bolivia 4. Spotted Asian Golden Cat in China 5. Fishing Cat in Cambodia

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Українські розвідники отримали модернізовані бронетранспортери Oncilla

Українські розвідники отримали десятки модернізованих бронетранспортерів Oncilla, які виробляються польською компанією на базі конструкторської документації української броньованої машини «Дозор-Б». Ці машини вже використовуються на полі бою і дуже добре показали себе. Українські розвідники отримали 30 модернізованих бронетранспортерів Oncilla –…

[oncillaphoenix]

I don't think N would be terribly interested in most social media but tbh I can see him getting big on TikTok. he makes an account because Bianca mentions using it for scientific outreach and he figures he can use it to teach a few people how to form deeper bonds with their pokemon, and he has enough good looks and accidental cult leader rizz that he quickly goes viral despite his lack of update schedule or video editing skills. his account is half calling out habitat destruction and videos about how to read your pokemon's body language, half him rambling about random cool math concepts at 3 in the morning while his legendary dragon looms ominously in the background. ok wait I'm weirdly invested in the idea of future N as a semi-accidental tiktok influencer now

[shopcat]

"panthers" ^_^ AKA melanism in wild cats, which occurs with high frequency in many feline species and is a common polymorph present in up to eleven

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Melanistic Oncilla

[my-hobby-is-finding-the-source]

Could you find the original one of this?

The photo is of a serval cat (Leptailurus serval) at the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, credited to Bob Fabry.

I could not find if and when it was displayed with the given caption on a wiki page.

[oncillamoltres]

this request is killing me. "you remember the great glacier? the place hyped up as the ultimate unreachable goal of countless explorers? the one it took you multiple magnagates, a days-long expedition, and umbreon and espeon's life's work to get to?

yeah this guy took a wrong turn at albuquerque and now he's stuck in there, can you go help him out"

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dragonsona has been updated.