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Description
species: Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Status: near threatened
distinguish it from the leopard: .... by its rather fatty, compact muscular body and a roundish head. Its fur is clearly separated in white and yellow, leopards colors are more clouded into each other. -- and of course their habitat! Leopards live in Africa, Jaguars live in the jungle of the Amazons. They do not occur in vice versa countries and habitats.

black panther: It's only a black version of the normal jaguar. Black versions of animals are caused by melanism (since melanin is the pigment that makes your, mine, your pets and the leopards back fur and hair black or dark brown)

black panther 2: leopards as well are called black panther, as these big cats as well do occur quite frequently in a black variant.

White jaguars? [link]
- As in any other animal leucism can occur. Leucism is a dilution of the fur color by whitening it. You know it from white horses, cats, rats, or any pet with a partial white pattern, like black & white patterned ponys. You may as well know it from white tigers, which have diluted orange and gray stripes.

The two jaguar babies in my photos are right now called to be the only 2 white jaguars to exist. - They where nearly totally white when born: [link]
However, don't expect them to be all white anymore. They have a diluted orange fur color.

zoo: Aschersleben

Description
species: Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Status: near threatened
distinguish it from the leopard: .... by its rather fatty, compact muscular body and a roundish head. Its fur is clearly separated in white and yellow, leopards colors are more clouded into each other. -- and of course their habitat! Leopards live in Africa, Jaguars live in the jungle of the Amazons. They do not occur in vice versa countries and habitats.

black panther: It's only a black version of the normal jaguar. Black versions of animals are caused by melanism (since melanin is the pigment that makes your, mine, your pets and the leopards back fur and hair black or dark brown)

black panther 2: leopards as well are called black panther, as these big cats as well do occur quite frequently in a black variant.

White jaguars? [link]
- As in any other animal leucism can occur. Leucism is a dilution of the fur color by whitening it. You know it from white horses, cats, rats, or any pet with a partial white pattern, like black & white patterned ponys. You may as well know it from white tigers, which have diluted orange and gray stripes.

The two jaguar babies in my photos are right now called to be the only 2 white jaguars to exist. - They where nearly totally white when born: [link]
However, don't expect them to be all white anymore. They have a diluted orange fur color.

zoo: Aschersleben