Editing Ocelot (section)

=== Phylogeny ===
Results of a [[phylogenetic]] study indicate that the ''Leopardus'' lineage [[Genetic divergence|genetically diverged]] from the Felidae around 8 million years ago ([[Mya (unit)|mya]]). The ocelot is estimated to have diverged from the [[margay]] (''Leopardus wieldii'') between 2.41 and 1.01 mya. The relationships of the ocelot within the Felidae is considered as follows:<ref name=Johnson2006>{{cite journal |last1= Johnson, W. E. |last2= Eizirik, E. |last3=Pecon-Slattery, J. |last4=Murphy, W. J. |last5 = Antunes, A. |last6 = Teeling, E. |last7 = O'Brien, S. J. | name-list-style=amp |year=2006 |doi=10.1126/science.1122277 |title=The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=311 |pages=73–77 |pmid=16400146 |issue=5757 |bibcode=2006Sci...311...73J|s2cid= 41672825 |url= https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2707/da7361f39123f2e1d2af96a8ed0b6d8ff723.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200208160728/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2707/da7361f39123f2e1d2af96a8ed0b6d8ff723.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2020-02-08 }}</ref><ref name="werdelin">{{cite book |last1=Werdelin |first1=L. |last2=Yamaguchi|first2=N. |last3=Johnson|first3=W. E. |last4=O'Brien |first4=S. J. |name-list-style=amp |chapter=Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae) |year=2010 |title=Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids |pages=59–82 |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266755142 |editor1-last=Macdonald |editor1-first=D. W. |editor2-last=Loveridge |editor2-first=A. J. |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=978-0-19-923445-5}}</ref>

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    |label1=''[[Caracal (genus)|Caracal]]''
    |1={{clade
       |1=[[Serval]]&nbsp;(''Leptailurus serval'')
       |2={{clade
          |1=[[Caracal]]&nbsp;(''C. caracal'')
          |2=[[African golden cat]]&nbsp;(''C. aurata'')
          }}
       }}
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       |label1=''[[Leopardus]]''
       |1={{clade
          |1={{clade
             |1='''Ocelot'''&nbsp;(''L. pardalis'')
             |2=[[Margay]]&nbsp;(''L. wieldii'')
             }}
          |2={{clade
             |1={{clade
                |1=[[Andean mountain cat]]&nbsp;(''L. jacobita'')
                |2=[[Pampas cat]]&nbsp;(''L. colocolo'')
                }}
             |2={{clade
                |1={{clade
                   |1=[[Geoffroy's cat]]&nbsp;(''L. geoffroyi'')
                   |2=[[Kodkod]]&nbsp;(''L. guigna'')
                   }}
                |2=[[Oncilla]]&nbsp;(''L. tigrinus'')
                }}
             }}
          }}
       |2={{clade
          |label1=''[[Lynx]]''
          |1={{clade
             |1=[[Bobcat]]&nbsp;(''L. rufus'')
             |2={{clade
                 |1=[[Canada lynx]]&nbsp;(''L. canadensis'')
                 |2={{clade
                     |1=[[Eurasian lynx]]&nbsp;(''L. lynx'')
                     |2=[[Iberian lynx]]&nbsp;(''L. pardinus'')
                    }}
                }}
             }}
       |3={{clade
              |label1= ''[[Puma (genus)|Puma]]''
              |1={{clade
                  |1=[[Cougar]]&nbsp;(''P. concolor'')
                  }}
                }}
             }}
          }}
       }}
    }}