Body Length(mm) -1200-1800 Weight (kg) - 70-120 Litter Size -
1-4 average Life Span - 12-16 years Status - Near Threatened
P.o.arizonensis - Mexico P.o.centralis - Central America
P.o.goldmani - Mexico, Belize P.o.hernadesi - Mexico P.o.onca -
Amazon Rain forest. P.o.palustris - Southern Brazil
P.o.paraguensis - Paraguay P.o.peruviana - Peru, Equador
P.o.veraecrusis - Texas appearance the Jaguar is often confused
with the Leopard - both cats, depending to a degree on sub-
species have a similar brownish/yellow base fur colour which is
distinctively marked with dark rosette markings. However, the
jaguar can be distinguished by the presence of small dots or
irregular shapes within the larger rosette markings, a more
stocky and muscular body and a shorter tail. Melanistic or black
jaguars (see below) are common in certain parts of its range and
are often confusingly labelled Black Panthers, a name which is
also applied to black Leopards. In this melanistic form the cats
are more difficult to separate, however the