Jaguar Cub Waves Its Paw

Jaguar Cub Waves Its Paw

The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera 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. Its distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots that transition to rosettes on the sides, although a melanistic black coat appears in some individuals. The jaguar's powerful bite allows it to pierce the carapaces of turtles and tortoises, and to employ an unusual killing method: it bites directly through the skull of mammalian prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain

In captivity, the female jaguar is recorded to reach sexual maturity at the age of about 2.5 years. Estrus lasts 7–15 days with an estrus cycle of 41.8 to 52.6 days. During estrus, she exhibits increased restlessness with rolling and prolonged vocalizations. She is an induced ovulator but can also ovulate spontaneously. Gestation lasts 91 to 111 days. The male is sexually mature at the age of three to four years. His mean ejaculate volume is 8.6±1.3 ml. Generation length of the jaguar is 9.8 years.
In the Pantanal, breeding pairs were observed to stay together for up to five days. Females had one to two cubs. The young are born with closed eyes but open them after two weeks. Cubs are weaned at the age of three months but remain in the birth den for six months before leaving to accompany their mother on hunts. Jaguars remain with their mothers for up to two years. They appear to rarely live beyond 11 years, but captive individuals may live 22 years.
In 2001, a male jaguar killed and partially consumed two cubs in Emas National Park. DNA paternity testing of blood samples revealed that the male was the father of the cubs. Two more cases of infanticide were documented in the northern Pantanal in 2013.[100] To defend against infanticide, the female may hide her cubs and distract the male with courtship behavior

Synonyms[3]
Felis augustus (Leidy, 1872)
Felis listai (Roth, 1899)
Felis onca Linnaeus, 1758
Felis onca subsp. boliviensis Nelson & Goldman, 1933
Felis onca subsp. coxi Nelson & Goldman, 1933
Felis onca subsp. ucayalae Nelson & Goldman, 1933
Felis veronis Hay, 1919
Iemish listai (Roth, 1899)
Panthera augusta (Leidy, 1872)
Panthera onca subsp. augusta (Leidy, 1872)
Uncia augusta (Leidy, 1872)

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