jaguar

species of big cat native to the Americas
Taxon taxon Q35694
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Summary

jaguar is a taxon[1]. jaguar ranks in the top 0.014% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51,078 views/month, #27 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Panthera[5], Jaguarius[6]
  • Taxon name: Panthera onca[7]
  • Subclass of: big cat[8]
  • Commons category: Panthera onca[9]
  • Color: black[10], yellow[11]
  • Start time: -500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jaguars[13]
  • Commons gallery: Panthera onca[14]
  • Main food source: Capybara[15], giant anteater[16], Marsh deer[17], southern tamandua[18], collared peccary[19], Black agouti[20], Yellow-footed tortoise[21], motorcycle[22], South American tapir[23], Common agouti[24], Iguana[25], nine-banded armadillo[26], Chelonia mydas[27], carrion[28]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[32], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[33], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[34], The Encyclopedia Americana[35]

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Identifiers

jaguar's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9690[36]. jaguar's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328606[37]. jaguar's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219426[38]. jaguar's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180593[39].

Discovery and Description

Things named for jaguar include Koni-class frigate[40], a ship class[41] and Jaguar[42], a one-of-a-kind computer[43], in United States[44].

Why It Matters

jaguar has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] jaguar is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for jaguar include Koni-class frigate[40], a ship class[41] and Jaguar[42], a one-of-a-kind computer[43], in United States[44].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Wikispecies. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Q24467770. wildfor.life. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . animaldiversity.org. animaldiversity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . animaldiversity.org. animaldiversity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [36] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [37] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [38] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · LTrus · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Brazil, Colombia, Belize +9
    Sitelink count → 131
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'ay', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'b
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon range: Argentina"
  2. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Onça-pintada-PE Encontro das Águas-Thiagomarcelcampi(001).jp, Panthera onca ,Yaguareté macho , 27.09.2023 , Bioparque de F
    Main food source → Capybara, giant anteater, Marsh deer +36
    Harper's tag → jaguar
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: jaguar, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289938679|jaguar (#289938679)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  3. 12w ago · Autom · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Jaguar'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Otorongo'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Tigre Americano'} +20
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: jaguar"
  4. 14w ago · LetmeEditit · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14635 → Jaguar-Trittsiegel Mike Krüger 130404 1.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14635: Jaguar-Trittsiegel Mike Krüger 130404 1.jpg"
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