Jaguars live at ground level. They can climb trees with great skill and will lie around in them looking relaxed, but don't live up there.
Their prey is mainly ground-based or water-based: when apparently casually draped over tree branches they are either keeping out of the way of creatures which eat jaguars or more likely watching for edible ground-dwellers.
Check the link below for more information on these fascinating felines, as well as historical information and some great reference links.
jaguars live in the amazon rain forest
Jaguars live on the forest floor
Tigers live on the canopy layer of the rainforest for better hiding place
rainforest
Because that's where it has adapted to live.
The jaguars preferred habitats are usually swamps and wooded regions, but jaguars also live in scrublands and deserts.
Panthers and Jaguars
Yes. Amazon Forests
No. Jaguars and pumas live there.
Yes Jaguars can live in all types of rain forests.
Jaguars live in a variety of habitats from extreme southwestern United States all the way south into northern Argentina. They are most common in the Amazon rainforest.
Jaguars live in the rainforest. They depend on it for habitat, and it is where there prey animals live. Jaguars also are found in arid regions, as the Mexican deserts near the US border.