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Panthera onca mesembrina is the largest subspecies of P. onca, with a 2017 estimate placing its body mass at 231 kilograms (509 lb) based on the type material. This makes it not only the heaviest known jaguar by as much as 90 kilograms (200 lb), but one of the largest known felids.
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.
Jaguar: Panthera onca: 56.1–104.5 [15] (123.6-230.3) 148 (326) [16] 1.8–2.7 [17] 2.8 [18] 68–80 [19] North and South America: 4 Cougar: Puma concolor: 53.1–71 [15] (117-156) 105.2 (231) (Verified) [20] 125.2 (275) (Unverified) [21] 1.5–2.4 [22] 2.8 [23] 53–88 [24] North and South America: 5 Leopard: Panthera pardus: 30–65.8 [25 ...
Quick, agile, and powerful enough to take down the largest prey in the jungle, the jaguar is the biggest felid in Central or South America, [3] and one of the most efficient and aggressive predators.
The following list contains the largest terrestrial members of the order ... Jaguar: Panthera onca: Felidae: 100-125: 160 ... South America: 25 African wild dog ...
[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.
The second largest temperate rainforest in the world and the only one in South America, the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest (often referred to as Selva Valdiviana) sits between the Andes and the ...
South America's considerable cervid diversity belies their relatively recent arrival. The presence of camelids in South America but not North America today is ironic, given that they have a 45-million-year-long history in the latter continent (where they originated), and only a 3-million-year history in the former. Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)