The margay (picture), or tree ocelot ... he's unaware of any other predators in the world using vocal mimicry as a hunting tool. (See "Atlantic Octopus Mimics Flounders—A First.") ...

The margay faces different threats: retaliatory hunting and the illegal pet trade, the latter driven by its almost docile appearance that has turned into something of a curse for the animal.

and one recent observation in the Amazon has revealed an ingenious hunting technique employed by a small spotted cat. Despite being known to science for almost 200 years, the margay (Leopardus ...

and watch a National Geographic video of a margay facing off with a black-handed spider monkey. Other authors of the paper, "Hunting Strategy of the Margay (Leopardus wiedii) to Attract the Wild ...

We followed the trail of one of the most fascinating wild cats out there - the margay. Agile, elusive, and almost unreal, this cat moves through the trees like a monkey. In this episode ...

They then observed a margay emitting calls similar to those ... the researchers were amazed at the ingenuity of the hunting strategy. "This observation further proves the reliability of ...

A margay (Leopardus wiedii). From Wikipedia. Even if they spend years in the field, researchers rarely witness predation on primates. Cats, birds, and other hunters regularly feed on primate ...