The jaguar's habitat is in the tropical and subtropical forests. Sometimes they live in woodlands or mangroves, swamps and scrub thickets. They prefer areas with water. The jaguar's main enemy is the poacher.
Poachers usually kill jaguars for their skins to make coats.
Jaguars protect themselves by hiding in bushes and on trees, or by running away. A jaguar's an endangered animal because people kill them. People kill them because they like their soft skins. People who don't kill jaguars or any animals might be because they are afraid of them or they don't think they should kill them. Jaguars vary in color, from pale yellow to reddish brown with black spots which form rosettes.