White Jaguar Cats

The jaguar panthera onca is a large felid species and the only extant member of the genus panthera native to the americas the jaguar s present range extends from the southwestern united states and mexico in north america across much of central america and south to paraguay and northern argentina in south america though there are single cats now living within arizona the species has.

White jaguar cats. It is one of four big cats in the panthera genus along with the tiger lion and leopard of the old world. The jaguar is the largest and most. They are now venturing outside with their mother. Jaguars are third among the largest cats in the world.

Their parents are rather old and so this pregnancy was quite unexpected. These powerful cats were worshipped as gods in many ancient south american cultures and representations of the jaguar show up in the art and archaeology of pre columbian cultures across the. The jaguar panthera onca is a new world mammal of the felidae family. Only lions and tigers are bigger.

The jaguar is the third largest feline after the tiger and the lion. A white panther is a white specimen of any of several species of larger cat. There s a special story behind these two if the fact that they are white isn t sepcial enough. See more ideas about wild cats big cats animals wild.

These two white jaguar twins were born at the aschersleben zoo in east germany on january 18 and 19. Panther is used in some parts of north america to mean the cougar puma concolor in south america to mean the jaguar panthera onca and elsewhere it refers to the leopard panthera pardus a white panther may therefore be a white cougar a white jaguar or a white leopard.