South AmericaNear threatened
Jaguar
Panthera onca
The biggest cat in the Americas. Jaguars love water and hunt along rivers in the Amazon rainforest.
- Weight
- Up to 100 kg
- Size
- 1.8 m long
- Lifespan
- 12–15 years
- Top speed
- 80 km/h
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Mammal group
- Placental
How heavy is that?
As heavy as 3 kids (40 kg each)
Where it lives
Three things to know
- Has one of the strongest bites of any big cat.
- Can bite through a turtle shell.
- Its spots are called rosettes.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Jaguar100 kgA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe jaguar weighs about 2.5× as much as the kid
- Size
- Jaguar1.8 mA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe jaguar is about 1.3× as big as the kid
- Top speed
- Jaguar80 km/hA 10-year-old kid20 km/hThe jaguar is about 4× as fast as the kid
- Lifespan
- Jaguar15 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 5× as long as the jaguar
