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Jaguars are already one of the world's most endangered species, but one of the two cubs on display at Zacango Zoo in Mexico is even rarer because it is melanistic.
That means the animal appears completely black, although you can actually see spots if you look carefully.
The two cubs were bred from different mothers and they're the first of their kind to be born at the zoo for a decade.
Still too fragile to wander freely around the zoo's jaguar enclosure with their parents, the two cubs currently receive round-the-clock care from keepers, who give the furry felines a specialist diet of milk, chicken and calcium supplements.
Once revered by pre-Colombian cultures, Mexican jaguars now face possible extinction because of a loss of habitat and human demand for jaguar fur.