JAGUAR
Yaguareté (JAGUAR) is a concept that comes from the Guaraní language, composed of the words yaguar (that is, the feline known in Spanish as “ jaguar ” ) and eté (which can be translated as “ true ” ). Beyond this detail provided by the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) in its dictionary, the terms yaguareté , yaguar and jaguar are synonymous since they are all used to name Panthera onca . This animal , which belongs to the Panthera genus , is the third largest feline on the planet, only behind Panthera tigris (the tiger ) and Panthera leo (the lion ). The jaguar inhabits the American continent, from the southern United States to the northern region of Argentina . In the latter country it is of great importance, since it is one of the ten species of wild cats that live there (among the rest are the ocelot, the jaguarundí, the tirica, the puma and the wild cat). In some parts of Argentina it is considered a sacred animal ; In the province of Misiones, for example, many people d...