Jaguar

A jaguar is a large and powerful cat that lives in the Americas.
It is the only living member of the genus Panthera in the New World, and the third largest cat in the world after the tiger and the lion.
It has a yellow to tan coat with black spots arranged in rosettes, which are larger and more irregular than those of a leopard.
Some jaguars are completely black, but they still have faint spots.
Jaguars have very strong jaws and can bite through the skulls of their prey.
They are solitary hunters that stalk and ambush their prey, mainly capybaras, peccaries, deer and fish.
They like to swim and live in a variety of habitats, from swamps and forests to scrublands and deserts.
Jaguars are threatened by habitat loss, poaching and human-wildlife conflict.

• The jaguar belongs to the genus Panthera, which includes the lion, tiger, leopard and snow leopard.
  It is the only living member of this genus in the Americas.

• The jaguar's name comes from the Tupi-Guarani word yaguara, meaning "beast of prey" or "he who kills with one leap".

• The jaguar's range extends from the southwestern United States to northern Argentina, but it has been extirpated from many areas due to habitat loss, hunting and conflict with humans.

• The jaguar prefers moist tropical and subtropical forests, wetlands and savannas, but it can also adapt to arid and mountainous regions.

• The jaguar is an opportunistic hunter that preys on more than 80 species of animals, including deer, peccaries, capybaras, tapirs, caimans, turtles, fish and birds.

• The jaguar has the strongest bite force of any cat, and one of the strongest of any mammal.
  It can bite through the carapace of a turtle or the skull of a crocodile with ease.

• The jaguar usually kills its prey by delivering a fatal bite to the neck or the back of the head, severing the spinal cord or piercing the brain.

• The jaguar is mostly solitary, except during mating and when raising cubs.
  It marks its territory with urine, feces, scratches and vocalizations.

• The jaguar has a gestation period of about 100 days, and gives birth to one to four cubs, usually two.

• The jaguar is a near threatened species, with an estimated population of 64,000 individuals in the wild.

• The jaguar plays an important role in the ecosystems it inhabits, as a keystone species and an apex predator.
  It helps regulate the populations of its prey and maintain the balance of nature.

• The jaguar has a rich cultural and symbolic significance for the indigenous peoples of the Americas, who have revered it as a symbol of power, strength, courage, beauty and spirituality.

A Jaguar is a type of wild cat that lives in the Americas.

It is the largest cat in the Western Hemisphere and the third-largest in the world, after the tiger and the lion.

Jaguars have yellow or orange fur with black spots, called rosettes, that help them camouflage in the forest.

They are powerful predators that can hunt a variety of prey, such as deer, peccaries, capybaras, tapirs, and even caimans.

Jaguars are endangered due to habitat loss, poaching, and conflict with humans.