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The jaguar is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus 'Panthera' native to the Americas. With a body length of up to 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) and a weight of up to 96 kg (212 lb), it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the third largest in the world. Its distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots.

The jaguar's powerful bite allows it to pierce the carapaces of turtles and tortoises, and to employ an unusual killing method: it bites directly through the skull of mammalian prey between the ears to deliver a fatal blow to the brain.

The word "jaguar" is possibly derived from the Tupi-Guarani word 'yaguara' meaning 'wild beast that overcomes its prey at a bound'.

The modern jaguar's ancestors probably entered the Americas from Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene via the land bridge that once spanned the Bering Strait.

In the pre-Columbian Americas, the jaguar was a symbol of power and strength. In the later Maya civilization, the jaguar was believed to facilitate communication between the living and the dead and to protect the royal household. The jaguar is also used as a symbol in contemporary culture. It is the national animal of Guyana and is featured in its coat of arms.