JAGUAR

Jaguar

• Jaguars can be found in North,Central.
• You can spot them by their yellow or orange skin.
• The scientific name for a jaguar is Panthera onca.
• They can live up to 15 years
• They can be the height of an adult up to their shoulder.

JAGUAR

• There are about 15,000 jaguars left in the wild.
• The jaguar is the 3rd biggest cat behind the tiger and lion.
• Unlike other cats jaguars don't avoid water.
• In fact jaguars are great swimmers.
• Jaguars are carnivores and they are mammals.

jaguar

• The jaguar is a big cat in the panthera genus.
• They are one of the fastest animals.
• Female jaguars have 1-4 babies that are weak and blind.
• Jaguars wait and hide until their prey approaches them.
• Jaguars are active day and night.

Jaguar

• Baby jaguars are born between December and March.
• It isn't uncommon for them to be born another time.
• Females will use vocal noises to call males in their territory.
• Females send males out after the birth of their cub.
• Cubs gain their sight after about two weeks.

Jaguar

• People consider jaguars as endangered animals.
• Hunters hunt for jaguars' fur.
• Jaguars are rarely seen in the USA.
• Jaguars prefer thick,dense,and moist jungles.
• There is only one species of jaguars.

jaguar

• Scientific name: Panthera onca
• Lifespan: 12 – 15 y (In Wild)
• Height: 63 – 76 cm (Adult, At Shoulder)
• Rank: Species
• Gestation period: 93 – 105 d
• Tail length: 45 – 75 cm (Adult)
• Mass: 100 kg on average (Adult, Brazilian Pantanal region), 56 – 96 kg (Adult), 50 kg (Adult, Mexican Pacific coast)

jaguar

• Jaguars eat fish,turtles,or caimans.
• Jaguars also eat larger animals such as deer, peccaries, capybaras, and tapirs.
• In the wild they eat peccaries, wild pigs,large rodent's,sloths, caymans, tapirs,and smaller animals.
• They also eat sheep, armadillos, turtles, crocodiles, and cattle.
• Jaguars like large meat.
• People get jaguars,cheetahs,and leopards mixed up because of their spots.