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Siblings Franco and Nero came into our care as six-month-old cubs from a private person due to unsuitable conditions. Unfortunately, we did not manage to save their mother, as the original owner was not willing to give her up. The animals do not belong in the hands of private breeders, who cannot create suitable conditions for them to live in captivity. They often just abuse them for gainful activity. This melanistic form is very rare and all the more attractive to traffickers. Black jaguars in captivity are born directly to black parents, while in the wild they can be born to classically colored parents only very rarely. Both parents must be carriers of this gene, which causes this coloring.
THANK YOU for the adoption contribution for the American jaguars Franco and Nero:
to Adriana Bilišičová.
The fur of the jaguar is mostly yellow-brown in color, but there are also reddish-brown and black colors. It has typical spots on its fur, the so-called rosettes, which are different for each individual. Rosettes can have one or more spots and the shape of these spots also varies. Spots on the head, neck and tail are fuller and may blend into the waist. Under the belly, on the neck, on the inner sides of the limbs and in the lower part of the hips, the jaguar is white.
American black jaguars are not a separate species, it is just a melanistic form – they have more dye – pigment. With a good combination of sunlight and an attentive eye, it is possible to see spots even on a black individual.
Jaguars are solitary animals. Adults meet during the mating season, with only the female taking care of the young. The weight of the cub after birth is approximately 800 grams. After two weeks, the cubs open their eyes and begin to explore their surroundings more intensively. At the age of 6 months, they start hunting with their mother and stay with her until they are two years old. Then they leave the mother and look for their own territory. The size of the territory they decide to occupy depends on the amount of prey. Normally, a territory with a diameter of 5 km is enough for them, but when there is a lack of food, they can occupy an area of up to 500 km2.
They are excellent swimmers and are the only big cats that hunt their prey directly in the water.
Black individuals of both the American jaguar and the spotted leopard are inexpertly called black panthers.
The American jaguar and the spotted leopard are most often mistaken for felines. However, these cats do not have the opportunity to meet in the wild. Jaguars live in America, while leopards are found in Asia and Africa.
In the past, the jaguar was often hunted for its attractive fur so intensively that it became very rare in the wild. To this day, the biggest danger for them is persistent hunting and the gradual degradation of the environment.
It is the largest American feline and the third largest feline in the world (after the tiger and the lion).
They can see six times better than humans in the dark.
As many as 85 species have been found in the stomach of the jaguar.
Siblings Franco and Nero came into our care as six-month-old cubs from a private person due to unsuitable conditions. Unfortunately, we did not manage to save their mother, as the original owner was not willing to give her up. The animals do not belong in the hands of private breeders, who cannot create suitable conditions for them to live in captivity. They often just abuse them for gainful activity. This melanistic form is very rare and all the more attractive to traffickers. Black jaguars in captivity are born directly to black parents, while in the wild they can be born to classically colored parents only very rarely. Both parents must be carriers of this gene, which causes this coloring.
THANK YOU for the adoption contribution for the American jaguars Franco and Nero:
to Adriana Bilišičová.
The fur of the jaguar is mostly yellow-brown in color, but there are also reddish-brown and black colors. It has typical spots on its fur, the so-called rosettes, which are different for each individual. Rosettes can have one or more spots and the shape of these spots also varies. Spots on the head, neck and tail are fuller and may blend into the waist. Under the belly, on the neck, on the inner sides of the limbs and in the lower part of the hips, the jaguar is white.
American black jaguars are not a separate species, it is just a melanistic form – they have more dye – pigment. With a good combination of sunlight and an attentive eye, it is possible to see spots even on a black individual.
Jaguars are solitary animals. Adults meet during the mating season, with only the female taking care of the young. The weight of the cub after birth is approximately 800 grams. After two weeks, the cubs open their eyes and begin to explore their surroundings more intensively. At the age of 6 months, they start hunting with their mother and stay with her until they are two years old. Then they leave the mother and look for their own territory. The size of the territory they decide to occupy depends on the amount of prey. Normally, a territory with a diameter of 5 km is enough for them, but when there is a lack of food, they can occupy an area of up to 500 km2.
They are excellent swimmers and are the only big cats that hunt their prey directly in the water.
Black individuals of both the American jaguar and the spotted leopard are inexpertly called black panthers.
The American jaguar and the spotted leopard are most often mistaken for felines. However, these cats do not have the opportunity to meet in the wild. Jaguars live in America, while leopards are found in Asia and Africa.
In the past, the jaguar was often hunted for its attractive fur so intensively that it became very rare in the wild. To this day, the biggest danger for them is persistent hunting and the gradual degradation of the environment.
It is the largest American feline and the third largest feline in the world (after the tiger and the lion).
They can see six times better than humans in the dark.
As many as 85 species have been found in the stomach of the jaguar.
