ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - C - THE JAGUAR (Panthera onca)

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The Atlantic forest jaguar

The Atlantic Forest is one of the highest biodiversity hotspot, but it is considered the most threatened biome on the planet due to deforestation and overpopulation. Despite so little forest remaining, the Atlantic Forest remains extraordinarily lush in biodiversity and endemic species, many of which are threatened with extinction. Approximately 40 percent of its vascular plants and up 60 percent of its vertebrates are endemic species, meaning they are found nowhere else in the world. Sadly, in the past 400 years, nearly 250 species in the region have ceased to exist due to human activities in the region. The jaguar is the king of the Atlantic Forest just like jaguar of the Pantanal and they are very elusive. Sadly, the Atlantic forest jaguar is considered as the most endangered population of jaguar in this world. Conservation organization and media are just always talking about situation in Asia and Africa, but no one talks about these region and central America.

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Jaguar captured on film by a camera trap in the the Carlos Botelho State Park, Brazil in April 2017.

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Rare footage of jaguar in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest (Alto Paraná Atlantic forests), Argentina on 9/17/2010 from WWF. Reply