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Santa Fe, as many as two thousand were killed yearly. The jaguar is usually found singly (sometimes in pairs), and preys upon such quadrupeds as the See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, See also:

TAPIR

tapir, See also:

CAPYBARA

capybara, See also:

DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs or See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle. It often feeds on fresh-See also:

WATER

water turtles; sometimes following the See also:

REPTILES (Lat. Reptilia, creeping things, from reptilis; ref ere, to creep; Gr. Ep7rety, whence the term " herpetology," for the science dealing with them)

reptiles into the water to effect a See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture, it inserts a paw between the shells and drags out the See also:

BODY

body of the turtle by means of its See also:

sharp claws. Occasionally after having tasted human flesh, the jaguar becomes a confirmed See also:

man-eater. The cry of this See also:

GREAT

great See also:

cat, which is heard at See also:

NIGHT

night, and most frequently during the pairing See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, is deep and hoarse in See also:

TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone, and consists of the See also:

sound pu, pu, often repeated. The See also:

FEMALE

female brings forth from two to four cubs towards the See also:

close of the See also:

YEAR

year, which are able to follow their See also:

MOTHER

mother in about fifteen days after See also:

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth. The ground See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the jaguar varies greatly, ranging from See also:

white to See also:

black, the rosette markings in the extremes being but faintlyvisible. The See also:

general or typical coloration is, however, a See also:

rich tan upon the See also:

head, See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck, body, outside of legs, and tail near the See also:

root. The upper See also:

PART

part of the head and sides of the See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face are thickly marked with small black spots, and the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of body is covered with rosettes, formed of rings of black spots, with a black spot in the centre, and ranged lengthwise along the body in five to seven rows on each See also:

side. These black rings are heaviest along the back. The lips, See also:

THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat, See also:

BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)

breast and belly, the inside of the legs and the See also:

LOWER

lower sides of tail are pure white, marked with irregular spots of black, those on the breast being See also:

long bars and on the belly and inside of legs large blotches.

The tail has large black spots near the root, some with See also:

LIGHT

light centres, and from about midway of its length to the tip it is ringed with black. The ears are black The Jaguar (Fells onca). behind, with a large See also:

BUFF (from Fr. bu.ffie, a buffalo)

buff spot near the tip. The See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose and upper See also:

LIP (a word common in various forms, to Teutonic languages, cf Ger. Lippe, Dan. laebe; Lat. labium is cognate)

lip are light rufous See also:

brown. The See also:

SIZE

size varies, the See also:

TOTAL

total length of a very large specimen measuring 6 ft. 9 in.; the See also:

AVERAGE

average length, however, is about 4 ft. from the nose to root of tail. In See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the jaguar is thick-set; it does not stand high upon its legs; and in comparison with the See also:

LEOPARD

leopard is heavily built; but its movements are very rapid, and it is fully as agile as its more graceful relative. The See also:

SKULL

skull resembles that of the See also:

lion and See also:

tiger, but is much broader in proportion to its length, and may be identified by the presence of a tubercle on the inner edge of the See also:

ORBIT (from Lat. orbita, a track, orbis, a wheel)

orbit. The species has been divided into a number of See also:

LOCAL

local forms, regarded by some American naturalists as distinct species, but preferably ranked as sub-species or races.

End of Article: JAGUAR (Fells onca)

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