jaguar vs Northern Emerald

Panthera onca compared with Somatochlora arctica

Key Differences

• jaguar is Near Threatened while Northern Emerald is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	jaguar	Northern Emerald
Kingdom same	Animalia (动物界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索动物门)	Arthropoda (节肢动物门)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳動物)	Insecta (昆蟲綱)
Order	Carnivora (食肉目)	Odonata (蜻蜓目)
Family	Felidae (Cats)	Corduliidae
Genus	Panthera (Big Cats)	Somatochlora
Species	Panthera onca	Somatochlora arctica

Evolutionary Relationship

jaguar and Northern Emerald share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (动物界)

Conservation Status

jaguar

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Northern Emerald

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	jaguar	Northern Emerald
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	15 years	—
Average Length	1.9 m	—
Average Weight	100.0 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.

Northern Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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。

Northern Emerald

Northern Emerald（Somatochlora arctica，北方绿蜻蜓）在IUCN红色名录中被列为濒危（EN）。在野外面临高度灭绝风险，种群大幅下降，生存受到持续威胁。