Jaguar
Panthera onca
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
- FamilyFelidae (Felids)
- GenusPanthera (Roaring Cats)
- SpeciesPanthera onca (Jaguar)
Closest Relatives at Iberá National Park
Geoffroy's Cat
Leopardus geoffroyi
Pampas Fox
Lycalopex gymnocercus
Crab-eating Fox
Cerdocyon thous
Neotropical Otter
Lontra longicaudis
Maned Wolf
Chrysocyon brachyurus
Crab-eating Raccoon
Procyon cancrivorus
Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk
Conepatus chinga
Lesser Grison
Galictis cuja
Giant Otter
Pteronura brasiliensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Jaguar in Iberá National Park?
About 12% of visitor-days record a Jaguar sighting in Iberá National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Jaguar in Iberá National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Jaguar in Iberá National Park in our monthly data.