Panthera onca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Jaguar
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Feliformia |
Infraorder | : Feloidea |
Family | : Felidae |
Subfamily | : Pantherinae |
Genus | : Panthera |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033834Original name as described
Felis onca
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
Pernambuco, Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina
Subregion distribution
USA(AZ)
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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