Albeit it is not endangered yet, the Jaguar is near threatened, so if we don't do anything to help it, they will become endangered.
Jaguars are the largest cats in South America, weighing up to 113kg and measuring up to 1.8m from head through to body. It's tail can reach lengths of 91cm.
A few traits that jaguars have developed to adapt to their environment are:
Jaguars are the largest cats in South America, weighing up to 113kg and measuring up to 1.8m from head through to body. It's tail can reach lengths of 91cm.
A few traits that jaguars have developed to adapt to their environment are:
- Forest jaguars growing smaller in size to reduce the amount of food they have to eat, as the forest doesn't have many large animals
- Climbing up trees or brush thickets when the floor is flooded
- Being able to live in the tree that they climbed up in for 3 months