Mammals
Panthera onca - Jaguar
In captivity, a jaguar is expected to live for up to about twenty years old of age. In the wild, a jaguar will live for about eleven to twelve years (San Diego Zoo). When they are first born, they depend on their mother significantly for survival. The cubs will continue to stay and live with the mother until they are about two years old, when they are able to hunt by themselves and are fully autonomous. At full size, the jaguar will weigh 79-348 pounds, with females tending to weigh less.
The jaguar is the third largest cat in the world, behind the lion and tiger. The current distribution of jaguars includes Southern Mexico, and then southward through Central America into northern parts of South America. The countries that this includes are Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, United States and Venezuela. The jaguar can live in rainforests, swamps, or savannah. Jaguars live mostly in tropical forests, including evergreen, deciduous, and thornscrub forests.
Myrmecophaga tridactyla -
Giant Anteater
The Giant Anteater can live in a variety of habitats including swamps, forests, and grasslands, and they live in both rural and densely population areas. Their lifespan in the wild is unknown, but in captivity they can live for over 25 years.
They eat ants, termites, and soft-bodied grubs. They use their long, sharp claws on their forelimbs to open insect colonies and tree trunks, and they use the tongue to collect the eggs, larvae, and adult insects.
They eat ants, termites, and soft-bodied grubs. They use their long, sharp claws on their forelimbs to open insect colonies and tree trunks, and they use the tongue to collect the eggs, larvae, and adult insects.
These sharp claws also can be used to defend themselves from predators, but typically their reaction to predators is running away. Because they are so large, their only predators are large as well, and the predators include jaguars and pumas. They also are threatened by humans, who either kill them unintentionally through car collisions or intentionally through hunting.
The status of the Giant Anteater is vulnerable, and this is because the primary threat to them is habitat destruction. They are also hunted for food, fur and sport. The most negative impact they have on the society is that they often times are involved in car accidents that end up killing them.
The status of the Giant Anteater is vulnerable, and this is because the primary threat to them is habitat destruction. They are also hunted for food, fur and sport. The most negative impact they have on the society is that they often times are involved in car accidents that end up killing them.
Alouatta palliate - Mantled Howler Monkey
The mantled howler monkeys are found in southern Mexico, from Honduras to Columbia in Central America and western Ecuador in South America. They live most commonly in lowland and montane rain forests, both primary and regenerated forest habitats.
The mantled howler monkey grows to be up to 6kg large, with the males being larger than the females. These monkeys eat leaves, fruit, and flowers depending on the season. In the dry season, they eat flowers and in the wet seasons, they eat more fruits. They eat an abundant amount of leaves, which is what makes them special as mammals, because nearly no other mammals graze on leaves. In Bilsa, this monkey is listed as “Least Concern” because there are no major threats believed to be resulting in a significant range-wide population decline. The only threats to its population include hunting and habitat destruction. |
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