The Jaguar by Ben
The jaguar is the largest and most powerful wild cat in the Western Hemisphere.
The jaguar is a big cat in the Panthera genus, the jaguar's scientific name is Panthera onca.
Appearance
The jaguar is larger than the leopard. The jaguar's coat has different colors, but they are usually
yellow-brownish with black spots, like leopards.The jaguar is the 3rd largest of the big cats
after the tiger and the lion and it is the largest of all the big cats in the Americas. Jaguar's are
only found in the Americas.
Habitat
Jaguars prefer wet lowland habitats, swampy savannas or tropical rain forests.
Their favorite habitat is in the tropical and subtropical forests.
Jaguars also live in forests and grasslands, living near rivers and lakes, in small caves,
marshland, and under rock ledges; they live in shrubby areas as well.
Jaguars are the largest of South America's big cats. They once roamed from the southern tip of
that continent north to the region surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border.
Abilities
They have strong swimming and climbing abilities.They often prefer to live by rivers, swamps,
and in dense forest with thick cover for watching their prey. They are the largest predator in
their range. Jaguars, on rare occasions, are seen as far north as the southwestern United
States, particularly in Arizona.
Diet
Jaguars are known to eat deer, peccary, crocodiles, snakes, monkeys, deer, sloths, tapirs,
capybaras, turtles, eggs, frogs, fish and anything else they can catch. feline species.
Unlike many other cats, jaguars do not avoid water; in fact, they are quite good swimmers.
References:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/j/jaguar/ retrieved 27th June 2019.
