Panthera onca palustris
| Pantanal jaguar | |
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| Male Pantanal jaguar with a collar near Rio Negro, Southern Pantanal. | |
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| Female Pantanal jaguar near Piquirí River (São Lourenço), Northern Pantanal. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
| Species: | P. onca |
| Subspecies: | P. o. palustris |
| Trinomial name | |
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Panthera onca palustris |
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The Pantanal jaguar was proposed as the largest subspecies of jaguar, with the taxonomic name Panthera onca palustris (Ameghino, 1888), native to the Pantanal of South America, besides Argentina, before later research failed to find evidence for different subspecies of jaguar. Besides Brazil, the Pantanal forms part of Bolivia and Paraguay, the namesake countries of Panthera onca boliviensis and Panthera onca paraguensis.
Jaguars from the Pantanal region are the largest of their species, 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). This would make it similar to Javan and Sumatran tigers in size.
Male near Three Brothers River, Northern Pantanal.
Collared male yawning
Rio Negro, Southern Pantanal.
A jaguar in Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul.
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