Pantanal jaguar

Pantanal jaguar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera [1]
Species: P. onca
Binomial name
Panthera onca
(Linnaeus, 1758)

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).

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 "Subespecies del Jaguar" (html). AnimalesExtincion. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Nowell, K. and Jackson, P., ed. (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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