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Why does the jaguar have dots in its rosettes 

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why do jaguars only live in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the very bottom of the USA?

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why do jaguars only live in South America, Mexico, Central America, and the very bottom of the USA?

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The Jaguar ( Panthera Onca) belongs to the panthera genus and is part of the Feline family. Jaguars along with Lions, tigers, and leopards are considered "Big cats". Jaguars live in South America and Central America with their preferred habitat being dense rainforest. The jaguars weight is normally around 55-95 kg (120-210 lbs) and the length of a jaguar usually ranges from 1.2 to 1.9 metres.

The jaguar has an endoskeleton. The Jaguars bone structure consists of strong bones and is held together by ligaments. Often confused with the leopard, the skeletal system of the jaguar is shorter, stockier and more compact. The short and stocky structure of the jaguar makes the jaguar more adept to climbing, crawling and swimming. The legs of a jaguar are very thick and powerful. Jaguars have robust skulls and extremely strong jaws. The jaguar's bite is twice as strong as a lion's! The short, sturdy physique and extremely powerful jaw help the jaguar to attack its prey.

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The Jaguar ( Panthera Onca) belongs to the panthera genus and is part of the Feline family. Jaguars along with Lions, tigers, and leopards are considered "Big cats". Jaguars live in South America and Central America with their preferred habitat being dense rainforest.

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Why do jaguars pierce their prey's skull?

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Why do jaguars pierce their prey's skull?

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Why do male and female jaguars reach sexual maturity at different times?

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Why do male and female jaguars reach sexual maturity at different times?

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Jaguars are found in a number of countries throughout Mexico, Central and South America.

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Jaguars are the largest of South America’s big cats and the third largest cats in the world. Their fur is usually tan or orange with black spots, called “rosettes” because they are shaped like roses. Some jaguars are so dark they don’t seem to have spots. Unlike many other cats, jaguars do not avoid water; in fact, they are quite good swimmers. Rivers provide prey in the form of fish, turtles, or caimans—small, alligatorlike animals. Jaguars also eat larger animals such as deer, peccaries, capybaras, and tapirs. They sometimes climb trees to prepare an ambush, killing their prey with one powerful bite. Because of their size, strength, and predatory skills, jaguars are considered one of the “big cats.” Tigers, leopards, cheetahs, and cougars are also part of this grouping. Take the big cat quiz to see how much you know about these fierce felines. Then, just for fun, see which wild cat you’re most like with our personality quiz.

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In our expert jaguar guide learn all about these spectacular bigs cats, including how to identify each species, their diet and best places to see them in their natural habitat, plus conservation work.

How many different species of jaguar are there?

Found in the Americas, the jaguar is an endangered species with ongoing conservation work to save the eight of the jaguar subpopulations from extinction. In total there are 34 jaguar subpopulations.

How big is a jaguar?

The jaguar Panthera onca is the largest cat in the Americas and the third-largest in the world (after the lion and tiger). Its head-body length can reach around 240cm, and its shoulder height up to 75cm.

Jaguar resting on a branch in the Peruvian jungle. © Kim Schandorff

Where do jaguars live?

Today, the jaguar is found in South and Central America, from Mexico to northern Argentina. The species' range formerly spread over the US border into the southern states of America, but had become wiped out there by the 1940s due to hunting. There have been sporadic sightings in Arizona in recent years, however.

While jaguars do live in drier regions, they're normally strongly associated with water, and they thrive in rainforests like the Amazon and in dense swamplands and wetlands that provide plenty of cover for stalking prey.

Where's the best place to see jaguars?

The Pantanal in Brazil is one of the best places in the world to see jaguars. The best time to visit is the dry season, from late April to early November, as that's when prey is more concentrated.

What is the difference of a jaguar vs a leopard?

Jaguars are most similar in appearance to leopards, but there's nothing you can confuse them with in the wild, as no other big cats live in South America. Cougars are technically not big cats but are a similar size to leopards, but they don't have spots and jaguars are far more powerfully built.

The most distinctive feature of the jaguar is the shape of their spots. The spots resemble roses, and as such are known as rosettes. While leopards also have somewhat similar rosettes, the key difference is that jaguars' rosettes have spots inside them, whereas leopards' rosettes don't.

Is a black panther the same as a black jaguar?

'Black panther' is the general term for any melanistic big cat, which will generally be a black leopard or a black jaguar. In jaguars, the melanistic gene is dominant, so black jaguars aren't too unusual, although they are generally more difficult to see and may spend more time in dark rainforest (where they're better camouflaged) than hunting by the water.

How strong is a jaguar's bite?

Jaguars have incredibly powerful jaws, strong enough to pierce a skull and crack a sea turtle's shell. They are fearsome predators and will hunt anything from frogs, fish and reptiles to livestock, cows and deer.

What conservation work is being done to save the jaguar?

With fragmentation of habitat a major threat to the species, a ambitious project - the Jaguar Corridor Initiative, proposed by renowned zoologist and former Panthera CEO Alan Rabinowitz - was launched in 2004 to create a continuous north-to-south habitat corridor throughout the species' range, enabling it to roam and breed.

The first jaguar preserve - the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize - was created in 1986. The sanctuary now protects 240km ² of tropical forest. Though the species is doing well there, your chances of seeing one are still minimal - apparently 17,000:1.

There are now many other protected areas where the jaguar is alive and well, and (fortunately for us) many offer much more reliable sightings than Cockscomb Basin.

Do jaguars live alone or in groups?

Jaguars are solitary animals. Males defend a range of up to 80-90km ² and only come together with females to mate. Breeding occurs throughout the year, and females have up to four cubs, which disperse after two years.

Do jaguars like water?

Jaguars can survive in many different habitats. They are normally found near water, and prefer swampland or tropical rainforest. They also survive in forests, grassland and scrub.

Can jaguars climb trees?

Jaguars are competent climbers, and will scale trees. They often use their vantage point among the branches to pounce on unsuspecting prey below.

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Jaguar guide: how to identify, where to see and conservation

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Found in the Americas, the jaguar is an endangered species with ongoing conservation work to save the eight of the jaguar subpopulations from extinction. In total there are 34 jaguar subpopulations. The jaguar Panthera onca is the largest cat in the Americas and the third-largest in the world (after the lion and tiger).

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Here is our list of Top 10 Facts About Jaguars. If you are lucky, you might spot one on your Amazon river cruise!

Facts About Jaguars

1. The name jaguar comes from the Native American word yaguar, which means "he who kills with one leap." These powerful hunters sometime climb trees to prepare ambushes and jump down on their prey. One reason for this is that despite jaguars being rapid runners they tire quickly, so rely on proximity rather than sustained speed while hunting.

2. Young cubs are born blind and helpless. They stay with their mother, who brings them up alone, for around two years for protection and learning the required skills to hunt independently in future. Once they reach the age of three, jaguars become solitary animals, typically meeting only to mate (although a recent study suggest that they actually encounter each other and spend more time together than we ever anticipated with some jaguars traveling together on occasion).

3. Although jaguars are famous for their easily recognized rose-like black markings (rosettes) all over their tawny-colored bodies, they can vary from reddish-brown to black. Black (melanistic) jaguars, also called black panthers, still have the typical markings but they are virtually hidden by the excess black pigment melanin.

4. In ancient Central and South American cultures, the jaguar is regarded as a symbol of strength and bestowed it as a prominent character in religion, mythology, and art. Worshiped by the Aztecs, jaguars were positioned as guardians of their sacred temples and they even named an elite class of warriors the Jaguar Knights. In Maya civilizations the jaguar was the formidable God of the Underworld, and helped the sun travel under the Earth at night, ensuring it would rise each morning. The Olmecs understood jaguars to be divine gods possessing the ability to jump-start earthquakes.

5. Jaguars have an astounding repertoire of calls, including a variety of snarls, growls, and "roars," (by the way, only members of the genus panthera, i.e. the four big cats, namely lion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, can roar) which are more aptly described as a series of hoarse coughs or grunts. Although when they are younger it sounds a bit different! When air passes through the larynx on the way from the lungs, the cartilage walls of the larynx vibrate, producing sound.

6. Unlike many cats, jaguars don't avoid water, in fact they are the most water loving of the cats and actually tend to live near it, their habitat ranging from rainforests such as the Amazon, to seasonally flooded swamp areas, like the Pantanal in Brazil. To end the myth completely, they are also good swimmers and eat turtles, fish and have even been known to pray upon anacondas and caiman! Talking of myths, in Amazonian folklore it is even said that the jaguar hunts the large fruit-eating tambaqui fish by mimicking the thud of fruit falling into the water with its tail.

7. Jaguars (panthera onca) and leopards (panthera pardus) may seem identical, but a leopard's rosettes are smaller and more densely packed, and do not have central spots as jaguars do. If you came across a spotted cat in a rainforest it could be either as both species are fond of that kind of habitat, but jaguars are the only member of the pantherafamily found in the Americas, whereas leopards are found in Africa and Asia. Jaguars are also stockier and more muscular looking, with shorter legs and tails. In fact they have the shortest tails of the four big cats.

8. Unlike most cats, which kill their prey by grabbing the throat and suffocating it, the jaguar kills by piercing its prey's skull or neck with one swift bite - demonstrating the amazing strength of its powerful jaws and impressive teeth. In fact, a jaguar's bite is twice as strong as a lion and it can crush heavy bones in large prey easily.

9. Jaguars have huge eyes, the largest of all carnivores relative to head size. The eyes of jaguars have round pupils and irises that range in color from golden to reddish yellow. Very young cubs have blue eyes. Although their huge eyes are perfect for seeing in the dark, jaguars are not just nocturnal, as some people mistakenly think. According to recent studies jaguars are also active during the day, with peaks of activity at dawn and dusk.

10. Our favorite fact by far is that jaguars are apparently obsessed (pardon the pun) with Calkin Klein's Obsession for Men cologne. The reason? Apparently a chemical ingredient called civetone. Derived from the scent glands of civets (nocturnal cats native to the Asian and African tropics), this chemical is thought to resemble a territorial marking to the jaguar, causing them to respond by rubbing their own scent on it. So be careful what cologne you choose to wear in the jungle!

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1. The name jaguar comes from the Native American word yaguar, which means "he who kills with one leap." These powerful hunters sometime climb trees to prepare ambushes and jump down on their prey. Do you want to know why?

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