Jaguar
Panthera onca
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderCarnivora (Carnívors)
- FamilyFelidae (Felids)
- GenusPanthera (Roaring Cats)
- SpeciesPanthera onca (Jaguar)
Closest Relatives at Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve
Mountain Lion
Puma concolor
Ocelot
Leopardus pardalis
Jaguarundi
Puma yagouaroundi
White-nosed Coati
Nasua narica
Kinkajou
Potos flavus
Tayra
Eira barbara
Gray Fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Cacomistle
Bassariscus sumichrasti
Common Raccoon
Procyon lotor
📅 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 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
About 9% of visitor-days record a Jaguar sighting in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Jaguar in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve?
September has the highest sighting rate for Jaguar in Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in our monthly data.