Jaguars animals 6. Most jaguars are found in the amazon river basin. The jaguar habitat originally spanned all the way from argentina through central america up into. Males defend a range of up to 80 90km 2 and only come together with females to mate. Jaguars also eat larger animals such as deer peccaries capybaras and tapirs.
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. Jaguar animals 6 we have lots of animals coloring pages ready to be colored. 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. Jaguars are solitary animals.
At one time jaguars roamed all the way to the us mexico border but jaguars are now only occasionally sighted in texas and arizona. Jaguars are the largest of south americas big cats and the third largest cats in the world.