Artist Félix Taunay, Baron of Taunay (1795–1881)  
Title The hunter and the jaguar
Date circa 1841
Medium oil on canvas
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F%C3%A9lix-%C3%89mile_Taunay_-_O_ca%C3%A7ador_e_a_on%C3%A7a.jpg

The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a big cat which is the only extant Panthera species native to 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.