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Charlotte Guillain
Charlotte Guillain has worked in children's publishing for over a decade and now writes non-fiction for children in Foundation and Key Stage 1. She has written on a range of subjects, including outer space, the environment and teeth! She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two young children.
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Jaguars - Charlotte Guillain
Contents
What Are Big Cats?
What Are Jaguars?
How Are Jaguars Classified?
Where Do Jaguars Live?
What Adaptations Help Jaguars Survive?
What Do Jaguars Eat?
What Is a Jaguar’s Life Cycle?
How Do Jaguars Behave?
How Intelligent Are Jaguars?
What Threats Do Jaguars Face?
How Can People Help Jaguars?
What Does the Future Hold for Jaguars?
Jaguar Profile
Glossary
Find Out More
Index
Some words are shown in bold, like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.
What Are Big Cats?
A shadow moves through the trees of a tropical forest. It moves silently towards an unsuspecting deer, getting closer and closer. Suddenly the dark shape leaps out and seizes the deer in a deadly bite. This powerful killer is a jaguar.
Jaguars are mammals that are included in a group called big cats. The term big cat
has different meanings, but generally refers to the larger wild cats, such as jaguars, lions, tigers, leopards, pumas, cheetahs, snow leopards, and clouded leopards. Sometimes the term big cat is used more specifically to include the larger cats that can roar. These are jaguars, lions, tigers, and leopards only.
As well as being able to roar, this smaller group of big cats shares the following features:
They are all above a certain size.
They are all carnivores.
They are all apex predators. This means no other animal hunts them for food.
BIG CAT NAME
The word jaguar
comes from an American Indian word, yaguará. This is thought to mean "large beast of prey or possibly
he who kills with one leap."
Jaguars spend a lot of time around or in water.
Big cats live in different parts of the world in a range of habitats. These include the grasslands of Africa, the forests of North America, the mountains of Southeast Asia, and the swamplands of South America. Some, such as tigers and jaguars, are good swimmers. Some, such as pumas and leopards, live alone, while lions live in large groups called