| Taxonomy1 |
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: onca |
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| Names2 |
Jaguar (English, German, French); tigre, tigre real, yaguar, jaguar jaguarete (Spanish); onça, onça pintada, onça canguçu (Brazil); tig marqué (French Guiana); zac-bolay (Mayan); jaguareté (Paraguay); otorongo (Peru); penitigri (Surinam); yaguar (Venezuela); onça negra, yaguara pichuna, yagua-hu (specifically for black jaguars) |
| IUCN Threat Status1 |
Near Threatened (NT)
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Range Map5
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| CITES Listing3 |
Appendix 1 |
| Threats1 |
Human-jaguar conflict
Deforestation
Over-hunting of jaguar prey species |
Distribution4 |
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama , Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, USA, Venezuela. |
| Protection Status6 |
Jaguars are fully protected by national legislation in Argentina,
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, USA and
Venezuela. Hunting of “problem animals” is legal in
Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru, and trophy
hunting is permitted in Bolivia. There is no legal protection for jaguars in Ecuador or
Guyana. |
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