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Jaguars

Mateo

Mateo is a jaguar who was born on June 6th, 2016, at a zoo in Phoenix, Arizona. He made the voyage to Panther Ridge Conservation Center when he was 4 months old to be a part of our family forever. As an adult he has the strongest bite in the cat family, but he mostly uses it just to snack on beef and carry his toys around his enclosure. He was raised with our cougar cub, Meeka, until they both hit sexual maturity when Mateo was introduced to our other jaguar, Onyx. Together Mateo and Onyx love to chase each other around the pool but a majority of the time you will catch Mateo snoozing away on his perches.

a cat that is standing in front of a leopard
animal on the water
a cat lying on top of a wooden fence
a cat lying on top of a leopard
a close up of a dog sticking its head through a fence
a cat sitting on a bench
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Onyx

Onyx

Onyx is a melanistic jaguar who was born in June 2017 at a zoo with her mother and siblings. As she grew up and matured, her siblings started to pick on her and she needed a new home. After hearing about Panther Ridge and our handsome male jaguar, Mateo, she made her journey to us and found her forever home.
Onyx delights our guests with her playful behavior while she shows off her strength rearranging her play barrels, throwing her toys around and taking a dive in her pool on a hot summer day.