Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-58.168.99.96-20130909120148/@comment-845740-20130909123739

Although in south-american lore the Kanima is indeed a werejaguar, in Teen Wolf it's a lizzard. If you take a clsoer look at the photos you'll see the Kanima is missing the feline traits.

For example this picture:

Jackson Kanima

One of the characteristics of all felines is that groove on it's upper lip between the mouth and the nose, called a Philtrum. Reptiles don't have it. Also, in the same picture you can see some nice details of the skin: it's covered in scales (you can see the grooves between the scales) and not jsut mere spots like jaguars.

In this picture you can see some more details of the skin. Also the tail points towards a reptilian look and not a mammal. According to the page on this wiki, the tail is prehensile (adapted to be able to grasp or hold objects) and feline tails are not prehensile but some lizzards DO have prehensile tails.

They can also produce venom which is again not a feline trait.

I can see the logic behind your claim but everything points towards a reptilian Kanima in Teen Wolf, not a feline one.