Jaguar

Physical Characteristics

• Has yellowish brown fur with black spots all over

  • Has a white stomach

• Has a short tail in regards to it being a cat

Habitat

• It is found almost solely in forests

  • Only in forests of protected reserves however
• They reside in the Tortuguero, Santa Rosa, and Corcovado National Park; the Rio Macho, lower Cordillera Talamanca, La Selva, and Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
• The jaguar lives in suitable forests from northern Mexico to northern Argentina

Behavior

• Has a diverse diet

  • Likes peccary the most

    • Also eats monkey, agouti, eer, lizard, turtle, and other animals

  • They don't waste food

    • Will eat the ribs of their pray

• They are mostly nocturnal but will ocasionally sun

• They are also very good swimmers

• They need large amounts of land to live on

Other Facts

• The jaguars' main threat in Costa Rica isn't poaching, but habitat destruction

• They are the first large mammals to dissapear when a forest is cut down

• They used to be common in many habitats, but they are now very rare

• In latin, their name is Panthera onca