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The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera that is native to the Americas.With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of up to 158 kg (348 lb), it is the biggest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world.
Lempira organized a war of resistance that lasted about twelve years and ended with his death in 1537. When the Spaniards arrived, their population, together with that of the Pipil and Poqomam, was 116,000 to 300,000 souls. Other estimates speak that the Lencas themselves numbered 300,000 (1520s) and about 25,000 in 1550.
Ranged across Europe, as well as possibly Asia and Africa from around 2 million to 350,000 years ago. [73] Often suggested to be the ancestor of the living jaguar (Panthera onca), and sometimes referred to as the "European jaguar". Panthera schreuderi and Panthera toscana are considered junior synonyms of P. gombaszoegensis.
A rare jaguar was spotted on trail cameras in southern Arizona, suggesting to scientists that the endangered species could be slowly re-establishing its population in the US after years of habitat ...
The Jaguar is the third biggest cat in the world, after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Americas. They grow up to 170 cm (67 inches) long, not including their impressive tails that ...
Thanks to their place of origin, the Kurilian bobtail is more popular in Europe than in North America. The United States Kurilian bobtail population hovers around 100. The United States Kurilian ...
Panthera gombaszoegensis, also known as the European jaguar, is a Panthera species that lived from about 2.0 to 0.35 million years ago in Europe, as well as likely elsewhere in Eurasia. [1] The first fossils were excavated in 1938 in Gombasek Cave , Slovakia . [ 2 ]
The common name "jaguarundi" comes from the Old Guarani word yaguarundi, similar to the Old Tupi word yawaum'di, meaning "dark jaguar". [3] The name is pronounced / ˌ ʒ æ ɡ w ə ˈ r ʌ n d i / [4] [5] or / ˌ dʒ æ ɡ w ə ˈ r ʌ n d i /. [6]