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In 1999, the jaguar's historic range at the turn of the 20th century was estimated at 19,000,000 km 2 (7,300,000 sq mi), stretching from the southern United States through Central America to southern Argentina.
[3] [4] In 2021, a partial mandible was referred to P. onca augusta from Chapala, Mexico, extending the range south to southwestern Mexico. [7] A possible specimen of P. onca augusta is also known from Georgia, and mitogenomic analysis suggests that the specimen certainly belongs to P. onca, though its subspecific assignment remains unresolved. [8]
The range extends from central Argentina in the south to northern Mexico, through Central and South America east of the Andes—second only to the cougar in the latitudinal extent of its distribution. However, not all parts of its range have been studied well. The jaguarundi is fairly common in Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. [42]
Panthera onca mesembrina, also known as the Patagonian panther, [1] is an extinct subspecies of jaguar (Panthera onca) that was endemic to southern Patagonia during the late Pleistocene epoch. It is known from several fragmentary specimens, the first of which found was in 1899 at " Cueva del Milodon " in Chile .
Native range by continent 1 Polar bear: ... Jaguar: Panthera onca: Felidae: 100-125: 160 [17] [18] 1.6 - 2.5: 2.8 [19] 0.90: North America, South America: 11 Giant ...
Paseo del Jaguar (Spanish: "Path of the Jaguar") is a proposed interconnected system of refuges and conservation corridors running from the United States through Mexico and Central America into South America.
The border between North America and South America is at some point on the Darién Mountains watershed that divides along the Colombia–Panama border where the isthmus meets the South American continent (see Darién Gap). Virtually all atlases list Panama as a state falling entirely within North America and/or Central America. [116] [117]
The Continental Divide in North America in red and other drainage divides in North America The Continental Divide in Central America and South America. The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Western Divide or simply the Continental Divide; Spanish: Divisoria continental de las Américas, Gran Divisoria) is the principal, and largely mountainous ...