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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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. Variant of leopard and jaguar For other uses, see Black panther (disambiguation). A melanistic Indian leopard in Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the jaguar (Panthera onca). Black panthers of both ...
Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered. Family Dugongidae. Genus: Dugong. Dugong, D. dugon VU [2]
Shock Video: Rare Black Jaguar Swims Amazon River What makes this video so incredible is the fact that according to the World Wildlife Fund there may only be 600 of these cats left on earth.
The tiger then evolved into a unique species towards the end of the Pliocene epoch, approximately 3.2 Ma. The ancestor of the lion, leopard, and jaguar split from other big cats from 4.3–3.8 Ma. Between 3.6 and 2.5 Ma, the jaguar diverged from the ancestor of lions and leopards. Lions and leopards split from one another approximately 2 Ma. [9]
Many Mississippians may not know about it, but the Hattiesburg Zoo is home to a rare black jaguar.
Why have so few species been taken off the endangered species list?
The largest part (48%) of the jaguar's geographical distribution, which extends from northern Argentina to the southwestern United States, lies within Brazil. [2] However, although nationally considered endangered, until the foundation of the JCF few programs focusing on conservation of the species existed.