Amazonian Jaguar

[Balam]

Amazon Basin

Reflecting environmental conditions as well as past human influence, the Amazon is made up of a mosaic of ecosystems and vegetation types including rainforests, seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded forests, and savannas.

The basin is drained by the Amazon River, the world's largest river in terms of discharge, and the second longest river in the world after the Nile. The river is made up of over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are longer than 1000 miles, and two of which (the Negro and the Madeira) are larger, in terms of volume, than the Congo river.
The river system is the lifeline of the forest and its history plays an important part in the development of its rainforests. Mongabay

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This thread will consist of data and footage of jaguars across the entire Amazonian basin, including open areas (i.e. the Beni Savannas).

Many areas of the Amazon contain and are rich in different biomes, and as such the jaguars vary in terms of morphology and adaptations depending to the area of the basin they are located in. The Amazon is so large in terms of extension that it is not possible to generalize the jaguars living there as consisting of one individual population.

Male from the Chiquitano forest, Bolivia, one of the largest dry forest ecosystems in the world

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Male from Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia 

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By Nicks Adventure Bolivia

Male seen in an interception between the Colombian, Peruvian and Ecuadorian Amazon

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By Mangabay

Melanistic Colombian specimen, caught by WWF camera traps

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Yasuní Reserve, Ecuador by the WWF

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Brazilian male

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By Jabiru Tour Reply