The ‘rosettes’ may include one or several dots and the shape of the dots varies. The spots vary over individual coats and between individual Jaguars. The jaguar is covered in ‘rosettes’ for camouflage in its jungle habitat. The base coat of the jaguar is generally a tawny yellow in colour, but can range to reddish-brown and black. Larger jaguars have been recorded as weighing 131 – 151 kilograms (288 – 333 pounds). Jaguars weigh around 36 kilograms (80 pounds). Their tail is 2 – 3 feet (0.6 – 0.9 metres) long. Jaguars grow to be about 1.62 – 1.83 metres (5.3 – 6 feet) in length and stand about 67 – 76 centimetres (27 – 30 inches) tall at the shoulders. Rainforest jaguars are generally darker and considerably smaller than those found in open areas, possibly due to the fewer large herbivorous prey in forest areas. The Jaguar is a compact and well-muscled animal. The Jaguars present range extends from Mexico (with occasional sightings in the southwestern United States) across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. The jaguar is the largest and most powerful feline in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar is the third largest feline after the tiger and the lion. It is one of four ‘big cats’ in the ‘Panthera’ genus, along with the tiger, lion and leopard of the Old World. The Jaguar (Panthera onca), is a New World mammal of the ‘Felidae family’.
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