Talk:Margay

Descending head first

The article on clouded leopard claims that species is the only one of the bigger cats capable of climbing down a tree trunk head first - that statement works with a similar capability for the margay, but saying the margay is the only cat capable of it doesn't work. // OlofE 03:07, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually I misrembered, clouded leopard article doesn't make any claim on being the only species in that way at all. Anyway. Margay article doesn't quite work. // OlofE 03:08, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Ny late Norwegian forrest cat did it all the time. I know it says 'no original research', and my own studies of my late Findus not being emperical, it does at least challenge the facts as stated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.162.53.42 (talk) 08:47, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

We are doing a report

My first grader has a question that I cannot find the answer to.. What is the Margays enemies? Please help!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.0.33.12 (talk • contribs).

Talk pages are for discussing the improvement of the article. If we had the information you are seeking, don't you think it would already be in the article? - UtherSRG (talk) 01:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Weighs HOW much?

The article says margays weigh 2-3kg... there's no way that can be right, a housecat is smaller and weighs much more than that. This information seems to come from http://www.abf90.dial.pipex.com/margay.htm. http://www.bigcatrescue.org/margay.htm gives a weight of 9-20 lbs (4-9 kg) which still seems on the low side but is far more believable than 2-3 kg. 67.175.151.78 04:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Animal Diversity Web supports the smaller and lighter data. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:52, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

head first decline

" Indeed, it is one of only two cat species with the ankle flexibility necessary to climb head-first down trees (the other being the Clouded Leopard)."

from jungle cat: "The most distinctive feature of a jungle cat are equal-sized claws on both fore and hind legs ... which allow it to climb down trees as easily as up, with its head facing downward."

one of them has to be false.· Lygophile has spoken 14:44, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Vocal mimicing to attract prey

This article about South American cats was so startling and surprising I came directly to wikipedia to read up on margays.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/wildlife_conservation_society_finds_wild_cat_157830.html

They then observed a margay emitting calls similar to those made by tamarin babies. This attracted the attention of a tamarin "sentinel," which climbed down from the tree to investigate the sounds coming from a tangle of vines called lianas.

585ad205105278a06716f2ebe4c82c92 (talk) 20:38, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

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Cane rats?

However, margays do sometimes hunt on the ground, and have been reported to eat terrestrial prey, such as cane rats

Cane rats and margays are native to different continents as far as I understand so there might be an error here. 86.60.191.44 (talk) 18:39, 10 January 2023 (UTC)