Pantanal jaguar
| Pantanal jaguar | |
|---|---|
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| Male Pantanal jaguar near Three Brothers River, Northern Pantanal. | |
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| Female Pantanal jaguar near Piquirí River (São Lourenço), Northern Pantanal. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammaliaia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Panthera [1] |
| Species: | P. onca |
| Subspecies: | P. o. palustris |
| Trinomial name | |
| Panthera onca palustris | |
The Pantanal jaguar was proposed as the largest subspecies of jaguar, with the taxonomic name Panthera onca palustris (Ameghino, 1888), native to the Pantanal region of South America, besides Argentina,[2][3] before later research failed to find evidence for different subspecies of jaguar.[4] Besides Brazil, the Pantanal forms part of Bolivia and Paraguay, the namesake countries of "Panthera onca boliviensis" and "Panthera onca paraguensis".[2][3][5]
Jaguars from the Pantanal Region are the largest of jaguars, with lengths of about 2.7 m (8.9 ft), average weights of about 100 kg (220 lb), and some individuals weighing more than 135 kg (298 lb).
Gallery
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Male with collar
Rio Negro, Southern Pantanal -
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Male yawning
Rio Negro, Southern Pantanal
See also
- European jaguar
- Pleistocene North American jaguar
- Peruvian jaguar
- Southern jaguar
- The biggest leopard
References
- ↑ Wozencraft, W.C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 546–548. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- 1 2 Seymour, K.L. (1989). "Panthera onca" (PDF). Mammalian Species. 340 (340): 1–9. doi:10.2307/3504096. JSTOR 3504096. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- 1 2 "Subespecies del Jaguar" (html). AnimalesExtincion. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ Larson, Shawn E. (1997). "Taxonomic re-evaluation of the jaguar". Zoo Biology. 16 (2): 107–120. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1997)16:2<107::AID-ZOO2>3.0.CO;2-E.
- ↑ Nowell, K.; Jackson, P., eds. (1996). "Panthera Onca". Wild Cats. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan (PDF). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. IUCN. pp. 118–302. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
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