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Female jaguar (Panthera onca, jaguar) from ZOO Vienna, Austria


Yes. After so many unlucky attempts, I finally took some photos of black jaguars - you guys know how much I wanted to photograph those dark cats
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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:

Name: Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Location: South and Central America
Size: 180 cm long body weight: 120 Kg
Diet: capybaras, peccaries, fish, crocodiles, turtles, sloths, monkeys, tapirs, deers, snakes, but also domesticated cattle and horses...
Conservation status: Near Threatened
Interesting facts: Jaguar is the biggest feline of America| jaguars have very huge and powerful jaws | there are two colour variations of jaguars – yellow and black, which is called “melanism form“. The black colour is caused by recessive allele and is rerar than normal yellow colouring | the mother gives birth to 2-4 cubs and she does not tolerate the presence of a male, who is a threath to baby kittens | jaguars live up to 12-15 years | jaguars swim perfectly

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