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T H E. JAGUAR. PANTHERA ONCA. STATUS : NEAR THREATENED DESCRIPTION: 3 RD LARGEST CAT IN WORLD OFTEN CONFUSED WITH THE LEOPARD SIZE VARIES (4 – 6 FEET) COLOUR AND SIZE DEPEND ON HABITAT. PANTHERA ONCA. RANGE AND HABITAT

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  1. T H E JAGUAR

  2. PANTHERA ONCA • STATUS: • NEAR THREATENED • DESCRIPTION: • 3RD LARGEST CAT IN WORLD • OFTEN CONFUSED WITH THE LEOPARD • SIZE VARIES (4 – 6 FEET) • COLOUR AND SIZE DEPEND ON HABITAT

  3. PANTHERA ONCA • RANGE AND HABITAT • ONCE FOUND ACROSS THE AMERICAS TO AS FAR AS TEXAS IN THE UNITED STATES • RECENTLY ONLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, RANGING FROM MEXICO TO NORTH ARGENTINA. • PRIMARILY FOUND IN LOWLANDS, NEAR WATER • POPULATIONS ARE DECLINING

  4. PANTHERA ONCA • BIOLOGY • SOLITARY ANIMALS • MALES AND FEMAILS ONLY COME TOGETHER TO MATE • YOUNG BORN IN THE WET SEASON • FEMALE JAGUARS REACH SEXUAL MATURITY AT THE AGE OF 2-3 YEARS AND MALES 3-4 YEARS

  5. PANTHERA ONCA • LIFESPAN • IN WILD UNKNOWN • IN CAPTIVITY, UP TO 25 YEARS • THREATS • MOSTLY JUST MAN • ANOTHER THREAT IS DEFORISTATION

  6. PANTHERA ONCA • ESTIMATING POPULATION SIZE • MARK AND CAPTURE • ESTIMATE POPULATION SIZE BY COUNTING DEAD ORGANISMS • THE BEST WAY IS BY USING RADIO COLLARS.

  7. PANTHERA ONCA • REFFERENCES • WWW.ARKIVE.COM • WWW.WILDCATCONSERVATION.ORG • Fernando Cesar Cascelli de Azevedo, Dennis Lewis Murray. (2007) “Spatial organization and food habits of jaguars ( Panthera onca) in a floodplain forest.” Biological conservation 137, (online) (cited 9 April 2008) Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com

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