Jaguar

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Jaguar snarling and roaring

In American folklore, the Maya revered the jaguar (Panthera onca) as God of the Underworld, believing that it helped the sun to travel under the earth every night so it could rise safely each morning. Many legends are told about the jaguar, partly because it is solitary and elusive and has been studied less than other big cats. Known facts are few. Often living in dense jungle close to water, the jaguar not only hunts its prey on the ground but will take fish or turtles from rivers and seek monkeys in the lower branches of trees. 

Jaguar snarling

An estimated 15,000 jaguars remain in their natural habitat and are protected by international agreement. Completely black jaguars are not unusual and, like black leopards, are also known as black panthers.

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