A wild male jaguar (Panthera onca) near the
Rio Negro in the
Pantanal, Brazil.
Jaguars from the Pantanal are the largest of their species, about 2.7 m (8.9 ft) long, with an average weight of about 100 kg (220 lb), and some weighing more than 135 kg (298 lb). A red jaguar was a mascot of the
1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and during the
2016 Summer Olympics, a jaguar in the national colors of green and yellow was the Brazil team's mascot.Photograph:
Charles J. Sharp