THREATS: Habitat loss, hunting, and the federal predator-control program all continue to take their toll on jaguar populations. Deforestation is a major threat to jaguars in Central and South America, ...

In the Tupi-Guarani languages of South America, jaguar comes from the word "yaguara ... jaguars occupied only about 46% of their historic range in 2002, and by 2008 that number was estimated ...

In the past, jaguars could be found from the south-western USA to the scrub grasslands of Argentina. Sadly, they have lost half of their historic range mainly due to habitat loss. Today, the Amazon is ...

They once lived throughout the American Southwest, with historical records on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, the mountains of Southern California and as far east as Louisiana. Ancient jaguar bones ...