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Panthera onca (jaguar)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis onca was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Panthera onca by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jefferson (1991), Johnson et al. (2006), Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. imperialis, P. issiodorensis, P. schaubi, P. crassidens

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Felis onca Linnaeus p. 42
1872Felis augustus Leidy p. 39
1873Felis augustus Leidy p. 227
1880Uncia augusta Cope p. 858
1899Iemish listai Roth
1902Felis augustus Hay p. 782
1904Felis listai Roth
1911Felis onca Thomas p. 136
1919Felis veronis Hay
1941Panthera onca augusta Simpson
1954Panthera (Jaguarius) augusta McCrady et al. p. 510
1966Panthera onca augusta Slaughter p. 483
1980Panthera onca Kurten and Anderson p. 192
1991Panthera onca Jefferson
2006Panthera onca Johnson et al. p. 74
2017Panthera onca Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyFelinaeTrouessart 1885
genusPantheraOken 1816
speciesonca()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 [jaguar]
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Invalid names: Felis augustus Leidy 1872 [synonym], Felis listai Roth 1899 [synonym], Felis veronis Hay 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 67.8 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 106.0 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 84.8 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter123.5
humerus diameter129.5
radius diameter114.0

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:11:24
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:11:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Van Valkenburgh 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ensenadan to the top of the Holocene or 1.75000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Sonora) Felis onca (20322)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Georgia Panthera gombaszoegensis (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) Panthera onca (70673)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Panthera onca (86852)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Felis onca (65405)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Felis onca (90752 90753 90754)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Bolivia (La Paz) Panthera onca (71587)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Felis onca (20285)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Panthera augusta (93372 93373) Panthera onca (74244 84183)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru (Cajamarca) Panthera onca (145508)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Panthera onca (92814)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Panthera onca (147609 147815)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Bolivia Panthera onca (71322)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Cordoba) Panthera onca (123831)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Mexico (Aguascalientes) Panthera onca (20283)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Washington) Panthera onca (20307)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oregon) Panthera onca (20499)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Felis onca (20289 20520) Panthera onca (20415)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Panthera augusta (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (West Virginia) Panthera onca (20286)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Panthera onca (20290)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Panthera onca (20354 20479)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (California) Panthera onca (20335)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Panthera onca (70704)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay Panthera onca (71325)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Panthera onca (71303)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay (Salto) Panthera onca (140159)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) Panthera onca (79757)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Felis onca (20491) Panthera onca (195112)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Texas) Felis onca (225289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) Panthera onca (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Panthera onca (79683 85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Chubut) Felis listai (71338)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Tucuman) Panthera onca (216689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Panthera onca (71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Panthera onca (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Panthera onca (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Panthera augusta (74292) Panthera onca (154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Felis onca (20573 20593 20647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Panthera onca (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Felis onca (211646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Felis onca (20608) Felis veronis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Panthera onca (136498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Canelones) Panthera onca (212855 232690)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile Felis listai (71341 71344)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Panthera onca (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Panthera onca (93252)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Panthera onca (71313 212449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Tocantins) Panthera onca (192091)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Panthera onca (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Panthera onca (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Chile (Ultima Esperanza) Felis onca (151088)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Panthera onca (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Panthera onca (230877)