Cofre de Perote Salamander vs jaguar

Isthmura naucampatepetl compared with Panthera onca

Key Differences

• Cofre de Perote Salamander is Critically Endangered while jaguar is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cofre de Perote Salamander	jaguar
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Amphibia (两栖动物)	Mammalia (哺乳動物)
Order	Caudata (有尾目)	Carnivora (食肉目)
Family	Plethodontidae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Isthmura	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Isthmura naucampatepetl	Panthera onca

Evolutionary Relationship

Cofre de Perote Salamander and jaguar share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索动物门)

Conservation Status

Cofre de Perote Salamander

CR — Critically Endangered

jaguar

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cofre de Perote Salamander	jaguar
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.9 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cofre de Perote Salamander

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Mexico. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its 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.

Cofre de Perote Salamander

The Cofre de Perote Salamander (Isthmura naucampatepetl) is a critically endangered lungless salamander in the family Plethodontidae, known only from a single extinct volcanic peak—Cofre de Perote (Nauhcampatépetl) in the Mexican state of Veracruz. As a plethodontid, it relies entirely on cutaneous respiration through its moist skin, making it acutely dependent on cool, humid montane cloud forest conditions at high elevations. The species is associated with the pine-oak and cloud forest zones near the summit of Cofre de Perote, an isolated habitat island rising above the surrounding lowlands of Veracruz state. Such extreme topographic restriction means the entire species occupies an area of a few square kilometres, making it one of the most geographically limited vertebrates in North America. It is classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN due to its extremely small and severely fragmented range, ongoing habitat degradation from agricultural encroachment, logging, and reforestation with non-native pine species, and the probable future impacts of climate change on cloud forest at high elevation. Population size estimates are very uncertain, but field surveys have found the species to be extremely rare. No captive breeding programmes are currently known to exist for this taxon.

jaguar

美洲最大的猫科动物，体重可达100千克，体型粗壮健硕，毛皮具有独特的玫瑰形花纹。分布于墨西哥至南美洲，亚马逊和潘塔纳尔是其主要栖息地。美洲豹是出色的游泳健将和顶级捕食者，在调节猎物种群方面发挥关键作用。由于森林砍伐导致栖息地缩减，被列为近危（NT）物种。