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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 has three distinct main biomes are tropical rainforests, wetlands, and savannas, [3] and each biome has unique fauna associated. There are 47,677 unique species classified as part of Guyana, of which 17,291 (36.27%) are classified as an endangered species .
A study of the diet of the uakari found it to consist of 67% seeds, 18% fruit, 6% flowers, 5% animal prey, and buds. [10] Its powerful lower jaw forms a pseudodental comb, which allows the uakari to open the hard surfaces of unripe fruits and eat the nuts that most other primates would not be able to open. [ 4 ]
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Semi-deciduous tropical forest 6% Trees are 4–15 m high, and more than 75% of the species lose their leaves during the dry season. Tropical rain forest 56% The canopy exceeds 30 m in height and more than 75% of the species preserve their leaves throughout the year. Farmed 5% Agriculture, livestock and forestry Others 8%
Tropical rainforests provide timber as well as animal products such as meat and hides. Rainforests also have value as tourism destinations and for the ecosystem services provided. Many foods originally came from tropical forests, and are still mostly grown on plantations in regions that were formerly primary forest. [39]
Jaguars in the park, which covers more than 1,000 square kilometers (over 400 square miles), are accustomed to human observation and have been a top ecotourism draw for more than 15 years.
Brazil's immense area is subdivided into different ecoregions in several kinds of biomes.Because of the wide variety of habitats in Brazil, from the jungles of the Amazon Rainforest and the Atlantic Forest (which includes Atlantic Coast restingas), to the tropical savanna of the Cerrado, to the xeric shrubland of the Caatinga, to the world's largest wetland area, the Pantanal, there exists a ...