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- Jaguar is a large cat species.
- The body length is about 1.85 m and a weight of up to 158 kg.
- They are amazingly excellent swimmers.
- There are around 173,000 jaguars left in the world today.
- Most of the big cats are found in the Amazon rainforest.
- They are the third biggest cat in the world.
- Jaguars roar. A jaguar’s usual call is called a ‘saw’. This is because it sounds like sawing.
- They eat almost anything.
- This species has been facing growing threats.
- Their tongues have sharp-pointed bumps, called papillae, which are used to scrape meat off bones.
