Jaguar

A male jaguar patrols a sandy bank of the Three Brothers River in Brazil's Pantanal, September 2015, tall grass behind him. The species swims well enough to cross wide channels and catch fish. Compare the coat with the leopard's: a jaguar's rosettes are larger and hold one or more black spots in the middle. It is the largest cat in the Americas and the only big cat that regularly kills by biting through the skull.