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Jaguar

Habitat

Tropical forests, swamps, grasslands, deserts

Scientific Name

Panthera onca

Conservation Status

Near threatened

Diet

Mostly peccaries (tiny wild pigs) and capybaras (very large rodents)

Both males and females jaguars roar!

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Jaguars hunt both in the day and at night!

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Jaguars can be “melanistic", where they appear almost black!

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Jaguars can be found in Mexico,

Central and South America

south america