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See also:OCELOT (Mexican Flalocelotl, literally See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field-See also:jaguar, from Flalli, field, and ocelotl, See also:tiger, jaguar) , an See also:American member (Felis pardalis) of the See also:family Felidae, ranging from See also:Arkansas in the See also:north to See also:Paraguay. The See also:species is subject to See also:great racialvariation. The See also:fur has, however, a tawny yellow or reddish-See also:grey ground See also:colour, marked with See also:black spots, aggregated in streaks and blotches, or in elongated rings enclosing areas rather darker than the See also:general ground-colour. In the typical See also:form the See also:total length may reach 4 ft.; the See also:average measurement of the
Ocelot (Felis pardalis).
See also:head and See also:body lies between 26 in. and 33 in., and of the tail be-, tween 11 in. and 15 in. The ocelot is essentially a See also:forest See also:cat, and a ready climber; its disposition is said to be fierce and bloodthirsty but in confinement it becomes tame and playful. In See also:Asia the See also:group is represented by the Tibetan Felis tristis.
End of Article: OCELOT (Mexican Flalocelotl, literally field-jaguar, from Flalli, field, and ocelotl, tiger, jaguar)
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