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

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(11-19-2018, 08:28 PM)GuateGojira Wrote: Short note: Black jaguars in Guatemala

Somewhere I read that black jaguars do not exist in Central America, only in South America. However I found an article showing a captive black jaguar from Belize and that was good for me, for the moment.

Now, in my last trip to the "Zoologico La Aurora" from Guatemala, I took pictures of the black jaguar housed in the park:

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I can tell you that this jaguar is a large one, it looks like if is no less than 150 cm in head body and very muscular, but is just my apreciation.


I also saw a little documentary about the department of Petén in the north of Guatemala, and they filmed a wild black jaguar. So there is enough evidence to prove that black jaguars do exist in the north of Guatemala and Belize, and probably also in the Calakmul region of Mexico, as these three regions are colindant to each other.

Nice photo Guate, however, I have seen many pictures that Jaguar looks smaller than we image, especially in Asian zoos Reply