The strongest bites in the animal kingdom

[Balam]

From the study above it's very interesting to see the clouded leopard in the first position regarding BRQ at the carnisial, which corroborates the previous study I posted, with jaguar and tiger barely behid. But let's not exclude the large felines from the comparisons with the pantherines (e.g. the cheetah and cougar), as the cougar is tied with the lion at fourth place with a BFQ of 118, followed by the cheetah in 5th place qith 110 BFQ, then comes the leopard at 100 BFQ. 

This highlights the major differences on skull morphology that different felids have depending on their lifestyle and prey selection. Leopards having very long skulls but narrow zygomatic arches, and jaguars, clouded leopards and to an extent cougars, having wider skulls that can produce a stronger bite force. I'm curious as to how P. uncia would factor into this ranking since their skull morphology seems to favor a more wider and narrower build, similar to the cougar. Reply