Rainforest Animals Facts Jaguar

Males defend a range of up to 80-90km 2 and only come together with females to mate.

Rainforest animals facts jaguar. Amazon Rainforest Animals. They are heavier and stockier than their cousins the leopard. Jaguars live all over Central and South America mostly in tropical rainforests.

Jaguars living in rainforests can be smaller and darker than those living in open areas. It resembles leopard but mainly due to the skin pattern - in fact it is larger and stockier than leopard has shorter limbs and at close examination even their pattern is different with this of jaguars being larger and darker. The eyes of jaguars have round pupils and irises that range in color from golden to reddish-yellow.

Unlike other big cats a jaguars roar sounds more like a cough. Very young cubs have blue eyes. Jaguars are carnivores.

The majority of jaguars are orange yellow. Jaguars have huge eyes the largest of all carnivores relative to head size. Jaguars are excellent swimmers.

The short and stocky limbs facilitate the animal to climb swim and crawl. The jaguar is the largest cat that lives in the Americas. A beautiful but deadly rainforest predator.

The female is between 10 and 20 smaller than the male. Lizards jaguars and tigers live at this level. Animals of the Rainforest Facts.