jaguar vs Red Fox

Panthera onca compared with Vulpes vulpes

Key Differences

  • jaguar is Near Threatened while Red Fox is Least Concern.
  • jaguar is carnivore while Red Fox is omnivore.
  • jaguar is 16.7x heavier than Red Fox.
  • jaguar lives longer (15 years vs 5 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank jaguar Red Fox
Kingdom same Animalia (動物) Animalia (動物)
Phylum same Chordata (脊索動物) Chordata (脊索動物)
Class same Mammalia (哺乳類) Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order same Carnivora (ネコ目) Carnivora (ネコ目)
Family Felidae (Cats) Canidae (Dogs & Wolves)
Genus Panthera (Big Cats) Vulpes (Foxes)
Species Panthera onca Vulpes vulpes

Evolutionary Relationship

jaguar and Red Fox share a common ancestor at the Order level: Carnivora. (ネコ目)

Conservation Status

jaguar

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Red Fox

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute jaguar Red Fox
Diet Carnivore Omnivore
Average Lifespan 15 years 5 years
Average Length 1.9 m 70 cm
Average Weight 100.0 kg 6.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

jaguar

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Red Fox

Habitat

Typically found in a wide range of habitat types.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Cyprus, Israel), Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina).

jaguar

アメリカ大陸最大のネコ科動物で、体重は最大100kgに達し、がっしりとした筋肉質の体型と特有のロゼット模様の毛皮を持つ。メキシコから南アメリカにかけて分布し、アマゾンやパンタナルが主要生息地となる。優れた水泳能力を持つ頂点捕食者であり、獲物個体数の調節に重要な役割を担う。森林破壊により生息域が縮小し、準絶滅危惧に分類されている。

Red Fox

アカギツネ(Vulpes vulpes)は地球上で最も広く分布する野生肉食動物であり、北半球全域とオーストラリアの移入地域において北極ツンドラから都市環境まで多様な生息地に適応している。赤みがかった茶色の毛皮、白い腹部、ふさふさした尾で識別できる。高度に適応した雑食性で、ウサギやハタネズミから果物、生ゴミまであらゆるものを食べる。40種類以上の独特な発声でコミュニケーションをとる。

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