The Jaguar (Panthera onca) is a wild cat species and the only extant member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest felid after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Americas. The jaguar's present range extends from Southwestern United States and Mexico across much of Central America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. Jaguars are one of the few species of felids to have an aquatic-based diet. They'll take prey like fish, waterbirds, capyb