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The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in the Stann Creek District of south-central Belize. It was established to protect the forests, fauna and watersheds of an approximately 400 square kilometres (150 sq mi) area of the eastern slopes of the Maya Mountains. The reserve was established in 1986 as the first protected area ...
Jaguar. The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of up to 158 kg (348 lb), it is the biggest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world.
Reference. 402bis. Inscription. 1987 (11th Session) Extensions. 2009. Manu National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional del Manu) is a national park and biosphere reserve located in the regions of Madre de Dios and Cusco in Peru. [1] It protects a diverse number of ecosystems including lowland rainforests, cloud forests and Andean grasslands.
F. fossata Mearns, 1901. F. panamensis Allen, 1904. The jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi; / ˌdʒæɡwəˈrʌndi / or / ˌʒæɡwəˈrʌndi /) is a wild cat native to the Americas. Its range extends from central Argentina in the south to northern Mexico, through Central and South America east of the Andes. The jaguarundi is a medium-sized ...
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is an animal with a prominent association and appearance in the cultures and belief systems of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican societies in the New World, similar to the lion (Panthera leo) and tiger (Panthera tigris) in the Old World. [2] Quick, agile, and powerful enough to take down the largest prey in the jungle, the ...
The Junggar Basin (simplified Chinese: 准噶尔盆地; traditional Chinese: 準噶爾盆地), also known as the Dzungarian Basin or Zungarian Basin, is one of the largest sedimentary basins in Northwest China. It is located in Dzungaria in northern Xinjiang, [1] and enclosed by the Tarbagatai Mountains of Kazakhstan in the northwest, the Altai ...
† Giant jaguar [22] [32] [11] † Panthera onca augusta: At least five individuals represented by 20 specimens, which include a palette, vertebrae, ribs and limb bones A giant subspecies of the modern jaguar. The material ranges in age from 11,600 years to 28,000 years old. † Giant short-faced bear [33] [26] † Arctodus simus: At least 30 ...
In 1976 the entire FGS fossil vertebrate collection was transferred to the Florida Museum of Natural History with support from a National Science Foundation grant. The UF/FGS collection is composed of about 22,000 specimens assigned to about 10,000 catalogue numbers, and almost all of them were collected in Florida.