Animals Jaguars 3

At one time jaguars roamed all the way to the us mexico border but jaguars are now only occasionally sighted in texas and arizona.

Animals jaguars 3. The jaguars present range extends from southwestern united states and mexico across much of central america and south to paraguay and northern argentina. The name jaguar comes from the native american word yaguar which means he who kills with one leap. Jaguars are carnivores which means they eat only meat. Males are particularly territorial and although their home range will overlap those of a number of females they will defend their patch fiercely from other males.

Jaguars will pursue almost any kind of animal prey within its range with its favorite being the peccary a type of wild pig and the capybara the worlds largest rodent. Jaguars are solitary animals and live and hunt alone except during mating season. The jaguar habitat originally spanned all the way from argentina through central america up into. As with many other cat species the jaguar is a solitary animal with the exception of the first couple of years that jaguar cubs spend with their mother.

In the wild jaguars will use their speed and stealth to take down deer peccary monkeys birds frogs fish alligators and small rodents. The jaguar hunts mostly on the ground but it sometimes climbs a tree and pounces on its prey from above. Jaguars panthera onca are one of the most well known endangered species in south america but for the same reasons that jaguars are regarded as a south american animal it is easily forgotten that jaguars have historically lived all across southern central and northern american countries. It has a variety of vocalizations including roars grunts and meows.

Other food items are caiman tapirs and fish.