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🐆For a jaguar, October likely doesn’t involve crisp fall air or red-orange foliage—just take a look at our #ExhibitOfTheDay!

🌄This scene depicts a jaguar poised on the eastern rim of a canyon at sunset on an October day in Sonora, Mexico. It’s stalking a livestock corral in the shrubland below. The jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas! Its muscular, compact frame is built for strength and stealth rather than extended pursuit. Its jaws can crush the skulls of small mammals and can even pierce turtle shells. See this diorama up close in the Hall of North American Mammals. The Museum is open from 10 am–5:30 pm, so plan your weekend trip!

Photo: R. Mickens/ © AMNH

#museums #nature #AnimalFacts #NaturalHistory #jaguar #dyk #diorama #nyc #uws #Sonora #Mexico (at American Museum of Natural History)
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