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Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation

International Jaguar Day – November 29

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International Jaguar Day – November 29

International Jaguar Day, 29TH November was created to raise awareness about the increasing threats facing the Jaguar and the critical conservation efforts ensuring its survival from Mexico to Argentina.

Jaguar, (Panthera onca), largest New World member of the cat family (Felidae), found from northern Mexico southward to northern Argentina. Its preferred habitats are usually swamps and wooded regions, but jaguars also live in scrublands and deserts. Jaguar is virtually extinct in the northern part of its original range and survives in reduced numbers only in remote areas of Central and South America; the largest known population exists in the Amazon rainforest.

Jaguars are also larger and more heavily built than leopards. The male Jaguar, which is generally larger than the female, attains a length of 1.7–2.7 meters, it weighs from 100 to 160 kg. South American Jaguars are larger than those of Central America. Typical coloration is orange to tan, with black spots arranged in rosettes with a black spot in the centre.

A solitary predator, the Jaguar is a stalk-and-ambush hunter, swift and agile and a very good climber. They enter water freely and appear to enjoy bathing. Although active during the day, Jaguars hunt mainly at night and on the ground. Capybara and peccary are their preferred prey, but they will also take deerbirdscrocodiles, and fish.

– Source: Internet –