A mammalogist is studying the behavior of the rain forest jaguar. She spots a jaguar crouched on a tree branch in the understory, waiting to pounce on a rain forest herbivore
called a tapir. The hair of the jaguar is white with black spots. The jaguar has learned the
habits of this tapir, and he knows it uses this trail each evening. The cat is panting in the
steamy heat to stay cool, and its muscles tense as the tapir approaches. The jaguar pounces
and stabs its prey with long, sharp incisors. Although its meal is large, it will need to hunt
and eat again in a day or two to ward off its hunger.
Compose a four- to five-sentence paragraph that summarizes the general mammal
characteristics you can identify from the details of the story about the jaguar.