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Predators
Jaguar
Jaguar · Panthera onca
The jaguar is the enigmatic hunter of the South American wilderness – powerful, silent and almost invisible in the dense greenery.
Fact file
- Size
- Usually 100 to 150 kg with a body length of up to 1.80 metres
- Males and females
- Males are more powerful and significantly larger than females
- Sounds
- Deep, far-carrying growls and roars, especially when asserting territorial claims
- Diet
- Eats deer, peccaries, caimans, fish, capybaras and occasionally turtles
- Offspring
- 1 to 4 young after a gestation period of around 100 days, usually born in dense undergrowth
How to identify Jaguar
The jaguar is striking with its compact, powerful body and distinctive golden-yellow coat covered in black rosettes and spots. These rosettes help to distinguish it from other similarly spotted big cats. Unlike the leopard, jaguars have larger rosettes with central spots, which make the body look more robust.
Adult jaguars usually reach a head-body length of up to 1.80 metres and often weigh more than 100 kilograms. Its head appears broad-skulled, with powerful jaws. The relatively short, thick tail completes the compact silhouette. Occasionally, black jaguars occur, whose markings still remain visible against the light.
More in the app
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- general viewing tips
Where Jaguar live
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