Jaguars

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Jaguars
By Yaimary, Kinverly and Luis
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Appearance

• A jaguars spots are circular with a black dot
  inside the circle. Jaguars and leopards are
  difficult to tell apart.

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Appearance

• A jaguar has a very muscular body. It has a large
  head, thick neck, short legs, and a long tail. A
  male jaguar weighs from 120 to 200 pounds.
  Females weigh 80 to 100 pounds.

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Habitat

• Jaguars live in South America, and Mexico.
  Jaguars used to live in the United States in
  Arizona, New Mexico, southern California and
  Texas. Now it is not likely to see a jaguar north
  of Mexico. The jaguars favorite home or habitat
  is a dark, wet tropical forest. Some jaguars live
  in the mountains of Peru. Jaguars that live in
  Mexico live in the desert.

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Hunting

• Jaguars usually travel and hunt alone, except for
  females with cubs. Most jaguars hunt at night.
  Usually a jaguar hunts on the ground and creeps
  almost like a snake toward its prey.

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Prey

• The jaguar may have the most powerful jaws of any
  cat. Jaguars often kill by biting through their
  victims skull. Jaguars can kill large animals
  like tapirs, which they hide for later meals. A
  tapir is an animal that looks like a large pig.
  They also kill small animals like turkeys,
  armadillos, fish and turtles.

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How Powerful They Are

• The jaguar has very powerful jaws and is much
  stronger than the mountain lion. It can drag a
  full grown cow for a mile or more!
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Cubs

• Baby jaguars may be born at any time in South
  America. In northern areas, they are born in the
  summer. A female jaguar has one to four cubs at a
  time. They are born in the shelter of bushes,
  rocks or trees. Cubs begin to grow up on their
  mothers milk and meat that she brings to them.
  The cubs follow their mother when they are just
  six weeks old. Jaguars probably stay with their
  mother for up to two years.

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Where Jaguars Live

• The jaguar is an endangered species in the United
  States. It still survives in Mexico and South
  America.

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• Special thanks to our fifth grade helpers
• Reynaldo and William