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The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera that is 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.
Guyana's rainforests have a wide variety of mammals, the most notable being the Jaguar as it is featured on the coat of arms. [1] Most mammals in Guyana are shared with other countries via the Amazon rainforest.
Articles relating to the Jaguar (Panthera onca), 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 largest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world.
Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae.It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger, as well as a number of extinct species, including the cave lion and American lion.
Although they can be six feet long and 200 pounds, the largest South American cats nimbly navigate treetops where they stay from April to July.
Close jaguar encounter in the Belize Zoo Nocturnal Tour. Apart from the traditional day time tour of the zoo, visitors are able to arrange night tours of the zoo, to see activity of the crepuscular and nocturnal animals. The animals on the tour include the tapirs, jaguars, margays, kinkajous, crocodiles, peccaries and howler monkeys.
Lost Land of the Jaguar is a 2008 British nature documentary series on the fauna of Guyana's rainforest. The four presenters are George McGavin, Steve Backshall, Justine Evans, and Gordon Buchanan. [1] The series is a production of the BBC Natural History Unit, and was premiered on 30 July and ended on 13 August 2008.
Blue Creek Rainforest Preserve is a small rainforest nature preserve in southern Belize, near the Guatemalan border. It is home to iguana , termite , Bothrops asper , and other snake species, Bufo marinus , lizards , tarantula , leafcutter ants , several species of bats , Morelet's crocodile , jaguarundi , jaguar , tapir , and others.