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Jaguar

Photo: Jaguar in a rain forest
Third largest in the feline family after tigers and lions, jaguars, such as this one in the undergrowth of the Brazilian rain forest, are found only in the New World. This elusive, endangered predator roams forests and swamps from Argentina to northern Mexico.
Photograph by Claus Meyer/Minden Pictures

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