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Adult size: Typically 124-211 pounds but as heavy as 325 pounds; 5.3 feet to 6 feet long. Females are 10 to 20 percent smaller than males.
Life span: Typically 12-15 years.
Number: Believed to be fewer than 50,000 mature breeding jaguars in the wild; about 100 in accredited North American zoos.
Range: Historically, from the southwestern United States to southern Argentina. It has disappeared from most of Mexico and the U.S in the north and most of Brazil and Argentina in the south.
Also: The jaguar is the largest cat and the top terrestrial predator in the Western Hemisphere.
Sources: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; Wildlife Conservation Society; Jack Grisham of the St. Louis Zoo.
