What is the difference between a puma and a jaguar?

Answer 1

A Jaguar is much a larger, muscular and heavier cat than the mountain lion. Large adult male Jaguars can reach 350 lbs while large adult mountain lions can reach upto 190 lbs, which is approximately half the size of the jaguar. Jaguars have yellow coats with black rosettes which has black spots in the center. The mountain lion's coat is tawny like a lion's. Also the jaguar is classified as a big cat because it can roar and the mountain lion is classified as a small cat because it can't roar.

Answer 2

puma and mountain lion are the same;pumas are also known as panther,cougar etc.jaguar is as slightly different animal but from the cat family.it is said to be the only one to be able to kill it's prey in one bite even thoght the tiger is regarded to be more fierce.

Answer 3

To start with, pumas (Puma concolor) and jaguars (Panthera onca) are separate species. In fact they belong to different genera--the genus 'puma' only contains the puma, while the genus panthera contains most of the large cats, such as lions (Panthera leo) Leopards (Panthera pardus) and Tigers (Panthera tigris) Pumas and jaguars look different too. Jaguars are usually orange with black spots, although there are some darker individuals which are usually called black panthers. Pumas on the other hand are usually sandy coloured (with some variations, from reddish to brownish) The Florida panther is a sub-species of puma, and they are usually short haired and sandy-gray coloured. Pumas and jaguars have similar behaviour, but jaguars mainly live in south America, with only a few remaining in North America. Pumas range throughout the western united states, southwestern Canada, and all of south America.

To start with, pumas (Puma concolor) and jaguars (Panthera onca) are separate species. In fact they belong to different genera--the genus 'puma' only contains the puma, while the genus panthera contains most of the large cats, such as lions (Panthera leo) Leopards (Panthera pardus) and Tigers (Panthera tigris) Pumas and jaguars look different too. Jaguars are usually orange with black spots, although there are some darker individuals which are usually called black panthers. Pumas on the other hand are usually sandy coloured (with some variations, from reddish to brownish) The Florida panther is a sub-species of puma, and they are usually short haired and sandy-gray coloured. Pumas and jaguars have similar behaviour, but jaguars mainly live in south America, with only a few remaining in north America. Pumas range throughout the western united states, southwestern Canada, and all of south America.

Answer 4

Jaguars are a lot more bigger and freocious