What animals is related to a jaguar?

Answer 1

A jaguar is a type of cat or feline although much larger, stronger, deadlier, and not domesticated like the common house cat. They are generally solitary and are the biggest cat after tigers and lions.

Answer 2

Jaguars are the 3rd largest big cat and live primarily in South America.

There are occassional black color phases but they are generally spotted similarly to leopards. The rosettes (spots) are distinctly different from those

of leopards and Jaguars have a larger broader head.

Answer 3

The jaguar, Panthera onca, is the only extant New World member of the Panthera genus. DNA evidence shows the lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, snow leopard, and clouded leopard share a common ancestor, and that this group is between six and ten million years old; the fossil record points to the emergence of Panthera just two to 3.8 million years ago. Phylogenetic studies generally have shown the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is basal to this group. The position of the remaining species varies between studies and is effectively unresolved.

Based on morphological evidence, British zoologist Reginald Pocock concluded the jaguar is most closely related to the leopard. However, DNA evidence is inconclusive and the position of the jaguar relative to the other species varies between studies.Fossils of extinct Panthera species, such as the European jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) and the American lion (Panthera atrox), show characteristics of both the lion and the jaguar.Analysis of jaguar mitochondrial DNA has dated the species' lineage to between 280,000 and 510,000 years ago, later than suggested by fossil records.

Fragment of the article about Jaguar taken from Wikipedia.

Answer 4

The jaguar, (Panthera onca) is the third largest wild cat, after the tiger and lion.

Large males can approach on rare occasions nearly 270 pounds. Resembles a stocky leopard, although like the leopard, the jaguar also has black (melanistic) specimens, which are called "black panthers".

The jaguar is found from the US/Mexico border through parts of South America.

Answer 5

cheetahs, lions, panthers, pumas, leopards, tiger The jaguar's closest relatives are the lion, tiger, and leopard.

Answer 6

The jaguar belongs to the genus panthera which includes the lion. tiger, leopard and snow leopard - all closely related to the jaguar. Other cats are distantly related.

Answer 7

Jaguars belong to the Panthera genus that includes lions, tigers, snow leopards and leopards.

Answer 8

mountain lion puma leopard tiger lion

Answer 9

A large wild cat.

Answer 10

cat