Jaguar

Jaguar is an animal introduced in The Sims Castaway Stories.

The only one found in the game is in the Story Mode (Shipwrecked & Single), and her name is Mata. She appears in a location called the Crossroads. She first appears when the player's Sim passes through the area, led by Winford Rhinehart, who says that "the player should not be afraid of the wild". Later in the game's progress, after the player's Sim has befriended the locals, Amanaki Tama, the village shaman, got her to guard the way to the Cursed Village, were the player is supposed to go to retrieve Fangaloka Manave's drums. The player must "gain her trust" before they can proceed into the village. This is done by drugging her with a special leaf found in the Shaman's hut. After the player does so, the way to the village opens, and Mata disappears.

Jaguars cannot be found later in the story. They were probably intended to be in the normal game mode because if the player looks the Hygiene motive of an hyena or orangutan it says "Jaguars will clean themselves and so will orangutans." Although the player can't see the jaguar they can download a mod that can fix this. With this mod the player can get the jaguar but cannot control them (even with cheats). This jaguar has a scratch motive, like cats, a need which however cannot be met, due to the lack of scratching posts in-game.

Trivia

 * Jaguars can pounce on Sims, scaring them.
 * Jaguars are the equivalent of cats in the game, like hyenas are the equivalent of dogs.
 * Although only Mata can be found in the Story Mode, there are 3 other jaguars in Shipwrecked & Single. Their names are: Hakari, Hau and Tapu.
 * Mata's name, as stated in the game, means "eye", and according to Amanaki Tama, it was given to her because of her ability to sense the player's Sim. Mata is actually from a language known as Malay in Malaysia and it really does mean eye.