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A jaguar at a wildlife rescue & rehabilitation centre in Formosa Province, Argentina.

Photo credit:Lea Maimone

The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a New World mammal of the Felidae family. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and lion, and is the largest and most powerful feline in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Mexico (with occasional sightings in the southwestern United States) across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina.