FELIS ON CA
THE JA G U A R .
FELIS ONCA, Linn. Syst. Nat. (1766) vol.;j. p. 61. sp. 4 .—Erxl. Syst. Reg. Anim. (1777) p. 513. sp. 9.— Schreb. Säugeth. (1788) Th. iii.
p. 388.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. (1788) vol. i. pt. i. p. 77. sp. 4.—Fisch. Zoogn. (1814) p. 222. sp. 4.—Desm. Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat.
(18 1 6 ) p. 97.—Id. Mamm. (18 2 0 ) p. 219. no. 338, pl. 92. fig. 2.—Cuv. Ossein. Foss. (1825) vol. iv. p. 417.—HarL Faun. Amer.
(18 2 5 ) p. 95.-rPrinz Max. Beit. Natur. Bras. Band ii. (1826) p. 344.—Griff. Anim. Kingd. (1827) p. 452, pl.—Temm. Mon. Mamm.
(1827) vol. i; p. 136.—Less. Man. Mamm. (1827) p. 191. sp. 510.—Fisch. Syn. Mamm. (1829) p. 1981 sp. 4.—Gard. & Menag. Zool. Soc.
Lond. (1831) p. 95.—Wils. Illust. Zool. (1831) pl. ix.—Cuv. Hist. Nat. Mamm. (1 8 3 4 ) vol. ii. pls. 133-136.—Rugger, Zool. Joum.
(1835) vol. v. p. 470.—Azara, Nat. Hist. Quad. Parag. (18 3 8 ) p. 184.—Swain. Anim. Menag. (1838) p. 109.—Blainv. Osteogr.
(1839-64) Atl. pls. ii., viii., xi., xiv.—Less. Comp. Buff. (1 8 3 9 ) vol. i. p. 406.—Wagl. Suppl. Schreb. Säugeth. (1841) vol. ii. p. 474.
—Less. Nouv. Tab. Regn. Anim. (1842) p. 51. sp. 518.—D’Orbig. Voy. Amer. M6rid. (1847) p. 21, Mamm.—Aud. & Bach. Quad. N.
Amer. (1853) 8vo ed. vol. iii. p. 1, pl. ci.—Burm. Syst. Ueber. Thiere Brasil. (1854) p. 84.—Gerv. Hist. Nat. Mamm. (1855) p. 89,
pl. xxii.—Baird, Pac; R.R. Expl. Exped. (1857) vol. viii. p. 86— Id. U.S. & Mex. Bound. Surv. (1859) p. 6.—Jard. Nat. Lib.
vol. xvi. p. 183* pls. x., xi., xii.—Bartl. Proc. Zool. (1 8 6 1 ) pp. 140, 141.—Crisp, Proc. Zool. Soc; (1866) p. 565.—Murray, Geog.
Dist. Mamm. (18 6 6 ) p. 99.—Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1868) p. 624.
FELIS NIGRA, Erxl. Syst. Regn. Anim. (1777) ,p. 512. sp. 8.— Less. Nouv. Tab. Regn. Anim. (1842) p. 52, var. B.
DIE UNZE, Schreb. Säugeth. (1788) Th. iii. p, 386, tab. C.
BRASILIEN TIGER, Penn. Hist. Quad. (1793) p. 286. sp. 186, pl.
BLACK TIGER, Penn. Hist. Quad. (1793) p. 290. sp. 190, pl.
FELIS JAGUAR, Temm. Mon. Mamm. Append. (1827) p. 256.
LEOPARDUS ONCA, J. E. Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus.. (1842) p. 41.—Id. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1867) pp. 264, 402.—-Id. Cat. Cam. Mamm.
(1869) p. 2.—Id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1874) vol. xiv. pp. 352, 377.
LEOPARDUS HERNANDESI, J. E. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1857) p. 278, pl. 58, (1867) p.402.
FELIS PALEOPARDALIS, Severtz. Rev. Mag. Zool’. (1858) p. 198 (hybrid F. onca and F. par da).
PANTHERA (JAGU ARIUS) ONCA, Severtz. Rev. Mag: Zool; '(1858) p. 386.
PANTHERA ONCA, Fitzin. Sitzüngsb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, (1869) lix. p. 211.
PANTHERA ONCA MINOR, id. ibid. p. 216.
PANTHERA ONCA ALBA, id. ihid.;p. 218. ,
PANTHERA ONCA NIGRA, id. ibid. p. 219.
PANTHERA ONCA POLIOPARDA, id. ibid. p. 220 (hybrid F. onca and F. parda: vide Severtz. I. ci).
H a b . Southern North America, Central America, South America, North America from Rio Bravo southwards (B a ir d );
Pampas of Buenos Ayres to most northern parts of Paraguay (Az a r a ) ; coast of Patagonia, 40° south latitude
to chain of the Tandil (D ’O r b ig n y ).
T h e Jaguar is the largest and most powerful member of the Felidae found upon the American continent. In his habits
be resembles in a great degree the Puma, the only one of the Cat tribe in the western world that can rival him in
strength and agility. The greatly extended geographical range of the latter animal causes it to be much more generally
known than the present species ; and the custom of the Jaguar to resort to dense thickets in the river bottoms is another
reason why he is not so often met with by man. In such places he lies in wait for his prey, and springs upon
whatever nm'm».!« may come to the watering-places to quench their thirst. The country about the head-waters of
the Rio Bravo appears to be the northern lim it of the range of this ferocious animal; and it was seen by Mr. J.
Weyss in the Guadaloupe canon (Sierra Madre), which Baird considers the western boundary of its dispersion.
D’Orbigny states that the Jaguar only goes to the 40th degree, of latitude, and in the Pampas rarely lower than
the range of the Tandil, and that in these southern regions individuals are generally yellow, almost white. Azara,
however, unhesitatingly gives the Patagonia coast as part of its habitat, which would be south of 4° latitude. It
probably ranges all the way from Texas, through Central and South America, into Patagonia. . Whether it is fo u n d