Taxonomy of
Jaguar
Common name:
Jaguar
Scientific
name of the jaguar: Panthera onca
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United:
ANIMALIA
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
MAMMALIA
Order:
Carnivora
Family:
FELIDAE
Jaguar
Habitat:
This species
lived from the United States to northern Argentina, but their extermination by
man today The Jaguar inhabits forests and other places where vegetation is
dense generated. It frequents the banks of rivers and other freshwater tanks.
It also inhabits the humid savannas, semi-arid, dry forests, mountain forests
and mangroves.
Feed jaguar:
These
carnivores have in your diet more than 85 species for food. His way of hunting
is completely lethal. You can climb, crawl and swim, so hardly a prey escapes
him. His teeth are so powerful, that positions in the first place of all
felines have the strongest bite (tied with the clouded leopard), even before
the tiger and lion and as the second of all mammals in the world, after spotted
hyena feeding on carrion.Feeding Panthera onca is based in large animals
(including tapirs, cattle, caiman, peccaries, deer) and some not so big animals
like turtles (and their eggs) and fish.
Description:
The Jaguar is
the largest cat in the Americas. A large adult jaguar can grow up to 1.7 meters
in length, with a shoulder height of 75 cm. The largest subspecies of have an
average weight of 100 kilograms.In nature, Jaguar occurs in two basic colors.
The most common hair color is reddish yellow with black spots. Pints in the
body are shown in circular patterns in the form of rosettes. This color is very
similar to the color of the Leopard in Africa and Asia.
Why are in
danger of extinction jaguars?
hunted for
skin:
Poaching for
obtaining fur, claws and teeth, has made the jaguar today is listed as
"most endangered", were the hunters who fell jaguar populations,
currently the jaguar is protected all habitats, but not all countries prohibit
killing animals for their mantle. And while there is demand mantles Jaguars
will continue hunting.
Loss of
habitat to agriculture happened:
The current
biggest problem for jaguar recovery is loss of habitat. As the rain forests for
crops are cleaned, the areas are cleared places Jaguars can hunt and live are
reduced. They are solitary animals usually gather to breed.
Threat
to livestock:
By losing
habitat and prey, often forced to attack livestock, and this causes them to be
persecuted by farmers. In many areas, livestock moves pretty large unprotected
areas, and in places where shortage of natural prey has come to be an important
part of the diet of the jaguar, primarily in savanna areas
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