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THE PUMA - CAT OF ONE COLOUR (Puma concolor)
THE PUMA - CAT OF ONE COLOUR (Puma concolor)
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THE PUMA - CAT OF ONE COLOUR (Puma concolor)
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Nahuel Huapi National Park, Argentina
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Cougar spotted in private garden,in Langley city
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Hello everyone, the last couple of days I spent a lot of time reading through the cougar section on this forum as a lot of great data is and has been shared here; I thought it would be interesting to calculate the total "species average" of the cougar based on the data sets that have been posted here over the past few years.
Listed below are over 40 different sources I would consider to be "reliable"; maybe more experienced users want to add more data or want to discuss some of the sources listed below, getting the whole list as precise as possible would be the goal. The Weight of the Cougar (Puma Concolor) 1) Sunquist (2002): Canadian Cougar – 71kg for 11 males; 44kg for 34 females 2) Sunquist (2002): Colorado Cougar – 61.6kg for 8 males; 44.5kg for 14 females 3) Sunquist (2002): New Mexico Cougar – 58.9kg for 10 males; 30.7kg for 11 females 4) Sunquist (2002): Florida Panther – 53.6kg for 43 males; 36.1kg for 37 females 5) Sunquist (2002): Brazilian Cougar – 53.1kg for 7 males; 36.9kg for 10 females 6) Sunquist (2002): Chile Cougar – 68.8kg for 6 males; 45.1kg for 4 females 7) Roderick (2015): Californian Cougar – 68kg for 1 male 8) Serieys (2011): Californian Cougar – 43kg for 1 female 9) Serieys (2011): Californian Cougar – 54.4kg for 1 male 10) Powell (2015): Californian Cougar – 59kg for 1 male 11) Allen et al. (2015): Californian Cougar – 59.1kg for 1 male; 39kg for 4 females 12) Elbroch et al. (?): Patagonian Cougar – 72.8kg for 3 males; 35.8kg for 5 females 13) Elbroch et al. (?): Colorado Cougar – 54.6kg for 5 males; 44.7kg for 6 females 14) Elbroch et al. (?): Californian Cougar – 56.3kg for 2 males; 37.7kg for 6 females 15) Robinette et al. (1961): Unknown Population – 70.7kg for 34 males; 43.1 kg for 50 females 16) Gray (2011): South Dakota Cougar – 70.3kg for 1 male 17) Perry & Pitman (2009): New Mexico Cougar – 54.43kg for 1 male 18) Perry & Pitman (2012): New Mexico Cougar – 50kg for 1 male 19) Kenneth & Sweanor (2001): New Mexico Cougar – 59.65kg for 14 males; 33.3kg for 27 females 20) Yazzie (2016): New Mexico Cougar – 94.8kg for 1 male 21) Bacon (2010): Alberta Cougar – 82kg for 1 male 22) Thompson (2009): South Dakota-Wyoming Cougar - 63.16kg for 25 males; 41.68kg for 32 females 23) Francovic (2018): Washington Cougar – 86.6kg for 2 males 24) Goldman and Young (1946): Colorado Cougar – 83.3kg for 3 males 25) Rogers (?): Washington Cougar – 86.2kg for 1 male 26) Silviera (2004): Cerrado Cougar - 53.5kg for 4 males; 30.75kg for 3 females 27) Neal (2004): Colorado Cougar – 72.6kg for 1 male 28) Biber (2020): Canadian Cougar – 84.4kg for 1 male 29) Torre et al. (2017): Mexican Cougar – 31.25kg for 8 males; 21.33kg for 3 females 30) Folha De Sau Paulo (2018): Brazilian Cougar – 41kg for 1 male 31) Itapira News (2015): Brazilian Cougar – 59kg for 1 male 32) Fernandes (2016): Brazilian Cougar – 41kg for 1 male 33) Zaparolli (2014): Brazilian Cougar – 53kg for 1 male 34) Lisboa (2018): Brazilian Cougar – 30kg for 1 female 35) King (2020): Texas Cougar – 68kg for 1 male 36) Cosgrove (2018): Californian Cougar – 62.6kg for 1 male 37) Franklin et al. (1999): Chile Cougar - 47.5kg for 4 females 38) Cabello et al. (?): Chile Cougar - 66.2kg for 3 males; 40kg for 2 females 39) Rewilding Argentina Project (?): Patagonian Cougar - 60kg for 1 male; 35kg for 1 female 40) Chavez and Ceballos (2014): Mexican Cougar – 42kg for 8 males; 38kg for 1 female 41) Marquez (2009): Guatemala Cougar – 59.2kg for 7 males 42) Scognamillo et al. (2003): Venezuela Cougar – 51kg for 2 males; 25.5kg for 4 females 43) Portal O Vale (2018): Brazilian Cougar - 20kg for 1 female 44) Obemdito (2018): Brazilian Cougar - 45kg for 1 female 45) My Everyday Photos (2013): Washington Cougar - 45.36kg for 1 female 46) Pixitelli (2020): Brazilian Cougar - 55kg for 1 male 47) Noticias R7 (2020): Brazilian Cougar - 60kg for 1 male 48) Pellegrini (2018): Brazilian Cougar - 60kg for 1 male 49) Nantz (2018): Idaho Cougar - 69.85kg for 1 male 50) Bonde News (2015): Brazilian Cougar - 70kg for 1 male 51) Alberta Hunt (?): Alberta Cougar - 98.88kg for 1 male Total Average: ~60.03kg (~132,34lbs) for males (n=230) and ~39.33kg (~86.71lbs) for females (n=263). I am looking forward to your reactions/responses! Best regards, Maritimus77
@Maritimus77 we have thread for cougars weights here. Overall good compilation.
Caatinga Puma
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Cerrado Puma - Serra dos Pirineus
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Amazonic Puma.
credits: CENAP/ICMBio  *This image is copyright of its original author
Male Puma at Torres Del Paine National Park - Chile
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