Jaguar
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, an is the anerlie Panthera species foond in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-lairgest feline efter the tiger an the lion, an the lairgest an maist pouerful feline in the Wastren Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends frae Mexico athort muckle o Central Americae an sooth tae Paraguay an northren Argentinae. Apairt frae a kent an possibly breedin population in Arizona (sootheast o Tucson), the cat haes lairgely been extirpatit frae the Unitit States since the early 1900s.
| Jaguar | |
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| Male Pantanal jaguar near Three Brothers River in Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Faimily: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
| Species: | P. onca |
| Binomial name | |
| Panthera onca | |
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| Jaguar range Red: Current range Bricht pink: Umwhile range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Felis onca Linnaeus, 1758 | |
References
eedit- ↑ Quigley, H.; Foster, R.; Petracca, L.; Payan, E.; Salom, R.; Harmsen, B. (2017). "Panthera onca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T15953A123791436. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T15953A50658693.en. Retrieved 22 October 2018.CS1 maint: uises authors parameter (link){{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |url= mismatch (help)