Family: Panthera onca Genus: Felis Class :Carnivora Species: Onca Order: Felidae The body length of the Jaguar is 44-73 inches long, the tail length is 18- 30 inches and the total length of the Jaguar is 6 to 7 feet. The male Jaguar weighs 125 to 250 lbs. and the female Jaguar weighs from 100 to 200 lbs. and Jaguars can live up to 22 years. The Jaguar lives from Central America to Patugonia, but the largest are found in Mato Grossa that in Brazil. The Jaguar often gets mixed up with the tiger even though they don’t really live in the same area at all, but they are both related and are both also related to the Lion and the Panther. Little is known about the family life of the Jaguar, but they do know that they have almost been hunted to extinction for their furs and that there are only about 200 wild Jaguars left in the world today. Scientist find it very difficult to study the Jaguar because the Jaguar is so rare of an animal.
Most of the information about Jaguars come from watching the ones in the zoo’s that breed very successfully. The Jaguar lives alone most of its life except for during mating season witch is usually during autumn. The male Jaguar leaves soon after breedingleaves the female to raise the 1-4 cubs that are blind when born and only weigh 25-32 ounces. The baby Jaguars will start exploring about 2 weeks after being born and begin hunting with their mother in about 6 months. The cubs stay with their mother for 2 years before finding their own territory and hunting grounds. If the Jaguar finds a territory where there is a lot of food available the Jaguar might live in a 3 mile circular diameter for its entire life.
But if the Jaguar is unsuccessful in finding a good territory with food the Jaguar might spend its life spanning over 200 square miles of land. The Jaguar can cover a lot of ground quickly but soon gets tired. Because of this they don’t seem to hunt in the open but in the night were they can suprisenlly sneak up on their prey. The Jaguars diet usually consist of forest animals ranging in size from a mouse to a deer. The Jaguar is a very good swimmer and an excellent fisher.
The jaguar catches is fish by using their claw to flip the fish out of the water and on to the riverbank.
