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Margay: Characters, Behavior and ecology & Taxonomy

The margay (Leopardus wiedii) is a small wild cat native to Mexico, Central and South America. A solitary and nocturnal felid, it lives mainly in primary evergreen and deciduous forest.

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Margay topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, Behavior and ecology and Taxonomy as prominent areas in the source structure around Margay.

Related topics
88
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
95
Extracted relationships
78
Related term clusters
16
Bridge connections
95

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Behavior and ecology · 24 topics
Taxonomy · 17 topics
Overview · 16 topics
Distribution and habitat · 15 topics
Fossil record · 11 topics
Local names · 3 topics
Characteristics · 2 topics

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Overview

Characteristics

Distribution and habitat

Fossil record

Behavior and ecology

Taxonomy

Local names

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How Margay connects Entity context

The extracted context around Margay shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Margay → Brazil, Cana, Cerro San Felipe, Chinandego, Eagle Pass, Edward Alphonso Goldman, Edward William Nelson, Felis, Goldman, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Igarapé-Assu, Jalisco, Joel Asaph Allen, Maximilian, Mexico, Mucuri River, Nelson, Nicaragua, Oaxaca, Oldfield Thomas Another extracted example is Margay → Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Coahuila, Eagle Pass, In Mexico, IUCN Red List, Maverick County, Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Paraguay, Sierra Madres, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Texas, United States, Uruguay, US. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Margay

Top relations

related to Taxonomy · 27
Margay → Brazil, Cana, Cerro San Felipe, Chinandego, Eagle Pass, Edward Alphonso Goldman, Edward William Nelson, Felis, Goldman, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Igarapé-Assu, Jalisco, Joel Asaph Allen, Maximilian, Mexico, Mucuri River, Nelson, Nicaragua, Oaxaca, Oldfield Thomas
related to Distribution and habitat · 18
Margay → Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Coahuila, Eagle Pass, In Mexico, IUCN Red List, Maverick County, Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Paraguay, Sierra Madres, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Texas, United States, Uruguay, US
related to Fossil record · 14
Margay → Bahia, Barriguda, BP, Brazil, Florida, Fossilized, Georgia, Leopardus, Orange County, Pleistocene, Sabine River, South Carolina, Texas, Toca
related to Reproduction and lifecycle · 8
Margay → Copulation, Female, Gestation, June, Kittens, March, Margays, Unlike
related to Local names · 3
Margay → Guaraní, In Portuguese, Spanish
related to Behavior and ecology · 2
Margay → Additionally, Morphological
related to Characteristics · 2
Margay → Leopardus, Unlike
related to Diet · 2
Margay → Dietary, Ingram's
is a · 1
Margay → skillful climber

Important terminology

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Important terminology

wiedii cat felis brazil mexico margays near schinz leopardus female skin 1821 thomas species iucn central ocelot also male adult

Margay relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 78 structured relationships around Margay. Examples in this analysis include Margay → is a → skillful climber and rainforests in which vegetation provides the wild with protection from possible threats → instance of → Morphological adaptation such as these is a strong indication that the margay is well equipped to thrive in ecosystems. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Margayis askillful climber0.90text
rainforests in which vegetation provides the wild with protection from possible threatsinstance ofMorphological adaptation such as these is a strong indication that the margay is well equipped to thrive in ecosystems0.80text
Margayrelated to Behavior and ecologyMorphological0.60section
Margayrelated to Behavior and ecologyAdditionally0.60section
Margayrelated to CharacteristicsLeopardus0.60section
Margayrelated to CharacteristicsUnlike0.60section
Margayrelated to DietDietary0.60section
Margayrelated to DietIngram's0.60section
Margayrelated to Distribution and habitatMexico0.60section
Margayrelated to Distribution and habitatCentral America0.60section
Margayrelated to Distribution and habitatBrazil0.60section
Margayrelated to Distribution and habitatParaguay0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Margay bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Wiedii, Ocelot and America. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • wild cat
    • Skin
    • Adult
    • Male
    • Skull
    • Leopardus
    • Felis
    • Wiedii
    • Mexico
    • Female
    • America
    • Small
    • South
  • Margay
    • Wiedii
    • Ocelot
    • America
    • Wild
    • Central
    • Iucn
    • Brazil
    • Cat
    • Habitat
    • Threatened
    • Collected
    • Pleistocene
  • margay
    • Wiedii
    • Ocelot
    • America
    • Wild
    • Central
    • Iucn
    • Brazil
    • Cat
    • Habitat
    • Threatened
    • Collected
    • Pleistocene
  • distribution and habitat
    • Threatened
    • Iucn
    • Leopardus
    • Near
    • Distribution
    • Habitat
    • Pleistocene
    • Population
    • Schinz
    • South
    • Thomas
    • Vigens
  • iucn red list
    • Habitat
    • Threatened
    • Leopardus
    • Near
    • Ocelot
    • Distribution
    • Wiedii
    • Population
    • Schinz
    • Thomas
    • Vigens
    • Wild
  • central
    • America
    • Mexico
    • South
    • Wiedii
    • Small
    • Thomas
    • Vigens
    • Wild
    • Margay
    • Leopardus
    • Species
    • Adult
  • near threatened
    • Threatened
    • Thomas
    • Vigens
    • Distribution
    • Ocelot
    • Tail
    • Wiedii
    • Felis
    • Collected
    • Population
    • Schinz
    • Species
  • brazil
    • Felis
    • Schinz
    • Wiedii
    • Margay
    • Collected
    • Thomas
    • Vigens
    • Central
    • Near
    • Adult
    • Male
    • Mexico

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Margay, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Margay with Behavior and ecology. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Margay — Behavior and ecology · splits 71 ⟂ 25
Margay — Taxonomy · splits 78 ⟂ 18
Margay — Overview · splits 79 ⟂ 17
Margay — Distribution and habitat · splits 80 ⟂ 16
Margay — Fossil record · splits 84 ⟂ 12
Margay — Local names · splits 92 ⟂ 4
Margay — Characteristics · splits 93 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Margay

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples78
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Margay to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, Behavior and ecology & Taxonomy, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Margay · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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