JAGUAR. 
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ficult genus. It is a native of several parts of 
Africa and Asia. 
JAGUAR. 
Felis Onca. F. cauda mediocri, corpore Jlaxescente, ocelUs nigris 
roftindato- an gulatis medio Jlavis. Lin. Si/st. Nat. p. 61. 
C. with tail of moderate length, and yellowish body, with black 
ocellated roundish-cornered spots with yellow central spaces. 
Felis flavescens, maculis nigris orbiculatis, quibusdam rosam re- 
ferentibus variegata Briss. Quadr.p. 196. 
Pardus aut Lynx brasiliensis, Jaguara dictus, Lnsitanis Onza. 
Rail syn. p. 16S, 
Brasilian Cat. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 286. 
Le Jaguar. Biif'. 9. p. 201.pl. 18. 
The Jaguar, sometimes called the American 
Tiger, is a native of the hotter parts of South 
America, and is considered as a very fierce and 
destructive animal. Its manners are said to re- 
semble those of the Tiger, lying in ambush for 
its prey. It is about the size of a Wolf, or even 
larger. Its ground colour is a pale brownish-yel- 
low^ variegated on the upper parts with streaks 
and open oblong spots or markings of black ; the 
top of the back being marked with long inter- 
rupted stripes, and the sides with rows of regular 
open marks : the thighs and legs are also varie- 
gated with black spots but without central spaces : 
the breast and belly are whitish : the tail not so 
long as the body; the upper part marked with 
large black spots in an irregular manner, the 
lower with smaller spots. 
