Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology
Speckled jaguar
Illustration of the speckled jaguar of  by Peter Visccher.

Illustration of the speckled jaguar of Peru by Peter Visccher.

Category
Proposed scientific names
Other names Speckled tiger
Country reported Ecuador, Guyana, Peru
First reported 1917
Prominent investigators Peter Hocking
Karl Shuker

Speckled jaguars are a type of cryptid big cat reported from cloud forests and rainforests on the edges of the Amazon Basin in South America, in Guyana, Ecuador, and Peru, described as grey cats with black-speckled coats, the same size as or somewhat smaller than the jaguar (Panthera onca).[1][2]

List of speckled jaguars[]

Notes and references[]

  1. Shuker, Karl P. N. (2020) Mystery Cats of the World Revisited: Blue Tigers, King Cheetahs, Black Cougars, Spotted Lions, and More, Anomalist Books, ISBN 978-1949501179
  2. Eberhart, George M. (2002) Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, ABC-CLIO, Inc., ISBN 1576072835