Jaguar

Jaguar (//Panthera onca)//

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__Diet__: the jaguar is an obligate carnivore.feeding only on meat. The jaguar prefers large prey such as deer, capybara, tapirs, peccaries, dogs, and foxes.

__Reproduction and life cycle__: females mature at two years of age, males mature at three or fours years of age. In the wild a jaguar will live up to 12 - 15 years, in captivity a Jaguagr will live up to 23 years.

__Discription__: well-muscled animal, weight in the range of 124–211 lbs. males have been recorded at 350 lbs. length of the cat varies from 5–6 ft, and its tail may add a further 30 in. It stands about 27–30 in tall at the shoulders.

__Habitat__: sighted in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. In 1900's its range extended to the Grand Canyon and Southern California. Female territories range from 25 to 40 squared kilometers

__Social Activity__: Adults generally only meet to court and mate. A jaguar spends 50 - 60% of its time active