From endangered to invasive: Rare ocelot spotted on Mexico’s Cozumel Island

Mongabay
Mar 18, 2026, 6:08 pm182 ptsTrendingTop
In 2016, when biologists in Mexico reviewed their photo traps from Cozumel, a Mexican island in the Caribbean, they were surprised to see an ocelot, a wildcat considered endangered in the country. But curiosity soon turned to alarm: ocelots are effective predators of endemic species on the island, which have no…

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