Pleistocene South American jaguar (Panthera onca mesembrina)

Pleistocene South American jaguar (Panthera onca mesembrina Cabrera, 1934)

?Panthera onca palustris

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

Genus: Panthera

Species: P. onca

Dimensions: length - 1,5 m, height - 90 сm, weight - 50-130 kg

Temporal range: during the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 mya—11,000 years ago) (North and South America)

Panthera onca mesembrina, commonly known as the Pleistocene South American jaguar, is an extinct subspecies of the jaguar that was endemic to North and South America during the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 mya—11,000 years ago).