August 2009
Monitored since
Year of birth
Approximately 2005
Relationships
Male (son), Nature (daughter), Yara, Rain, Garoa, Xavier, Savanna (daughter), Ypy (son), Gaia (daughter), Shadow, Pandhora (daughter), Suricata (daughter), Zico, Nusa, Joker, Tyto, Feline (grandson), Apache, Juju, Shaka, Pinche
Cubs
Machinho (2009), Nature (2011), Savanna, Ypy and Gaia (2013), Pandhora and Suricata (2015)
Captured
Yes, in 2012, 2015 and 2017
Weight
81,8 kg
Received radio-collar?
Yes. GPS/VHF technology
Facts
Considered the great mother of Onçafari, Esperança was one of the first jaguars handled by Onçafari, and has given birth to many cubs. All her cubs were easily habituated, as Esperança has always remained undisturbed by the presence of the safari vehicles, and her cubs followed her lead. Despite not having an upper canine, an extremely important tooth for hunting, Esperança displays great skill in killing her prey.
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