They are: Mammals Fish Reptiles Birds Amphibians
A Jaguar is warm-blooded. They breathe using lungs. The Jaguar‘s skin is covered in fur. The Jaguar reproduces babies by having a live birth. The baby drinks mother’s milk.
Male and Female Jaguars Mostly Male Jaguars are yellowish-brown Females are sometimes black and sometimes they’re yellowish-brown. It also has black dots across its back.
Appearance A Jaguar has brownish-yellow fur. Its tail has black doughnut-shaped spots that look like lines around its tail. It looks like a cat because it is in the cat family. It has whiskers and long, retractible claws..
Appearance (Size) A Jaguar grows to be about four to six feet long. The tail is 2-3 feet. Jaguars are bigger than leopards. This is a jaguar.This is a snow leopard.
Diagram of a Jaguar
Food Jaguars hunt on the ground and in trees. Jaguars hunt fish, deer, mice, frogs, turtles, and small alligators.
Habitat They are found in South America, southern Texas, and Mexico. They mostly live in the Rain Forests of Central and South America.
Many jaguars live in caves to get away from predators. They are good swimmers and love water. Jaguars will fight other jaguars to protect their territory and their young.
Jaguar’s enemies are mostly caimans and anacondas. Caimans are small crocodiles. Anacondas are very large snakes. They are the second biggest predators to male and female jaguars. Believe it or not jaguars are afraid of us. Humans are the biggest predators to a jaguar. That’s why they try to hurt us.
Jaguars watch their prey and then sneak up on it by leaping from the ground or from a tree. They kill large animals by pouncing on the back and breaking the neck of its prey. If the deer is too big to eat in one sitting, it will bury some of it with leaves and twigs to hide it from other animals.
I hope you enjoyed my powerpoint on Jaguars. To learn more go to the library or the internet.