Jaguar (Panthera Onca)
The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
Happy Caturday !
This image was taken from a boat in the middle of the river surrounded by other boats trying to photograph jaguars.
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large felid species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. Its distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots that transition to darker rosettes on the sides. With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world. Its powerful bite allows it to pierce the shells of turtles, and to employ an unusual killing method with mammals: it bites directly through the skull of prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain.
It inhabits a variety of forested and open terrains, but its preferred habitat is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest, wetlands and wooded regions. The jaguar is adept at swimming and is largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-and-ambush apex predator that is not preyed upon in the wild. As a keystone species, it plays an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating prey populations.
The jaguar is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, and its population is declining. = Wikipedia
Jaguar (Panthera Onca)
The Pantanal
Brazil
South America
Happy Caturday !
This image was taken from a boat in the middle of the river surrounded by other boats trying to photograph jaguars.
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large felid species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. Its distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots that transition to darker rosettes on the sides. With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world. Its powerful bite allows it to pierce the shells of turtles, and to employ an unusual killing method with mammals: it bites directly through the skull of prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain.
It inhabits a variety of forested and open terrains, but its preferred habitat is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest, wetlands and wooded regions. The jaguar is adept at swimming and is largely a solitary, opportunistic, stalk-and-ambush apex predator that is not preyed upon in the wild. As a keystone species, it plays an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating prey populations.
The jaguar is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, and its population is declining. = Wikipedia