🐆 A solitary predator, the jaguar is a stalk-and-ambush hunter; its name comes from yaguar, the Tupí-Guaraní word meaning “he who kills with one leap.”⁠ ⁠ Jaguars are swift and agile and are very good climbers. They enter the water freely and appear to enjoy bathing. Although active during the day, jaguars hunt mainly at night and on the ground.⁠ ⁠ Capybara and peccary are their preferred prey, but they will also take deer, birds, crocodilians, and fish. Livestock are occasionally attacked in areas where ranches have replaced natural habitat. The cat is a savage fighter when cornered but does not normally attack humans.⁠ ⁠ _____⁠ ⁠ 🐱 Jaguars adhere to a land tenure system much like cougars and tigers. Females establish overlapping home ranges, and female offspring may inherit land from their mothers. Males establish territories twice as large as females and overlap the ranges of several females.⁠ ⁠ Both sexes mark their ranges with urine. Northern populations mate toward the end of t...