Humans are predators of Margay. Only the Margay and the clouded leopard have the ankle flexibility to enable them to climb down trees head first.

Do Margays eat sloths?

Margays are agile hunters, leaping after and chasing birds and monkeys through the treetops. ... Since Margays are such great tree climbers, they often eat other mammals that live in trees such as big eared climbing rats, squirrels, opossums, small monkeys, and sloths. They also eat tree frogs, lizards and birds.

Why is the Margay endangered?

Very little is known of the status and abundance of the Margay. Populations in protected areas outside the Amazon basin are assumed to be very low and not viable in the long term, perhaps due to the Ocelot effect.