The jaguar seems to prefer peccaries (javelina or skunk pig) although their diet reflects the abundance of whatever prey animal is available. There have been a number of studies which indicate that jaguars “have a particular fondness for peccaries” (the words of Fiona Sunquist in Wildcats of the World page 309). She is referring to …
Are jaguars dangerous? Yes (obvious). Are jaguars endangered? Yes (IUCN Red List classification: Near Threatened which in layperson’s terms means endangered). Are jaguars and panthers the same? They can be because the word “panthers” is used sometimes to describe black jaguars. Are jaguars and leopards the same? No but they looks very similar. Are jaguars …
Are jaguars…13 questions answered about the Jaguar Read More »
Google tells me that people want to know how many Jaguars (the cat!) there are in Costa Rica. It is actually a very difficult question because I don’t think anybody is courageous enough or silly enough to actually provide a firm number. The clever ones, the experts, can’t even provide a firm number or even …
NEWS AND VIEWS: You might have thought that I was discussing a genetically mutated jaguar in Belize and Guatemala which has a short tail very similar to that of the bobcat but I’m not. This beautiful jaguar had, at one time, a normal tail. He lost it somewhere along the way but the experts don’t …
Domestic cats don’t universally hate water and some wild cats like water. It depends on whether they are wild or domestic, the individual cat, whether they are a wild cat hybrid or not, and possibly what breed of cat we are discussing. The idea that domestic cats hate water has been promulgated in a misleading …
Yes, a leopard can mate with a jaguar. The hybrid cat thus created has four different names: jagulep, jagleop, lepjag and leguar. All pretty unimaginative names but descriptive nonetheless. As usual, I have to call upon my friend Sarah Hartwell and her website messybeast.com for the best information about leopard/jaguar hybrids. She is the doyen …
No, jaguars do not kill gorillas in the wild because there are no gorillas for the jaguar to kill in the places where it lives. Gorillas are only found in Central Africa including Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic Of The Congo and Cameroon. The Jaguar lives in Central and South America and Mexico, thousands …
Yes, if sloths are available, jaguars will feed on them. The jaguar’s diet reflects the relative abundance of prey species in the area in which they live, which naturally varies from area to area. Jaguars are opportunistic predators. They are capable of killing and eating almost any type of prey they encounter. The list of …
People ask why there are no big cats in Australia but they could also ask a much wider question namely, “Why are there no native cats at all in Australia?” The answer must be found in the fact that the evolution of the island continent of Australia and the evolution of cats as a species, …
As the jaguar has the highest bite force of all the cats, it has a third and brutal way of killing prey in addition to the neck and throat bite. The neck bite breaks the spine. The throat bite suffocates prey. The jaguar’s way is to insert its canine teeth directly into the prey’s brain, …
This is one of the few possibly genuine big cat sightings in Europe. So often they are domestic cats. There is an innate fear of cats which promotes many false big cat sightings. However, it is probable that the three big cat sightings since January 15th of a large black cat, a panther, in Puglia, …
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This is a genuine black panther. It is not that big because the cat is 6-months-of-age. The cat is a melanistic jaguar or leopard. It is more likely to be a leopard. The cat was owned illegally by a French person and has been captured and tranquillised. ‘Black panther’ does not describe a species of …
Do jaguars live in India? No, jauguars do not live in India. They live in Central and South America and perhaps a very few along the border between the US and Mexico in New Mexico. A cat which is very similar to the jaguar, the leopard, lives in India. FOR MORE ON WHERE THE JAGUAR …
This is a mild case of mishandling but it is clear. The jaguar cub is clearly unhappy with being handled at all, and especially like this. The cub’s forelegs are flaying around while she’s trying to struggle free and complains vocally. One of the studio presenters remarks that the cub is purring! No, sorry but …
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Note: I originally, in haste, mislabelled the cat a jaguar. I now see that I was wrong and I thank Irish for correcting me. I had thought the cat was a dilute coated jaguar. You can get some odd, hybrid type large cats in zoos but this was not one of them. This little video …
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