Evaluating $\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{\tan^2x-x^2}{x^2\tan^2x}$

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I would like to evaluate the following limit: $$\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{\tan^2x-x^2}{x^2\tan^2x}$$

I tried breaking the limit as:

$$\lim_{x \to 0}\left(\frac{1}{x^2}-\frac{1}{\tan^2x}\right)$$

Writing tan is terms of sin and cos, this becomes:

$$\lim_{x \to 0}\left(\frac{1}{x^2}-\frac{\cos^2x}{\sin^2x×x^2/x^2}\right)$$

Using standard limit of $\sin x/x$, we obtain:

$$\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{1-\cos^2x}{x^2}$$

Since $1-\cos^2x=\sin^2x$, using standard limits again we get 1 as the answer. But the correct answer is $2/3$. Please explain what is going wrong.