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Also known as: Leo onca, Panthera onca, el tigre, tigre americano
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jaguar, (Panthera onca), also called el tigre or tigre americano, 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. The 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. Typical coloration is orange to tan, with black spots arranged in rosettes with a black spot in the centre. The ...(100 of 575 words)