Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences

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Compared below is Almeidas 104kg and the 86 kg female to the leopard shown

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104 kg Jag

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86 kg female


First it must be understood that Almeida took the most conservative measurements of the bunch. *Straight line, food content and shoulder height to the heel only*
Compared to the Leopard which I’m unsure is straight line or over the curves.
So that being said, these Jags show a consistent girth advantage to the Leopard, the only category of girth the Leopard wins is the neck but we know the dewlap isn’t muscle and that number generally is inflated if we’re comparing actual muscle mass. The missing piece would be limb girth but generally a Jaguar is oversized in the limbs and Leopards are actually modest in that department so it’s safe to assume the Jaguar would have the advantage there as well. The total body length and height is where the leopard wins but Leopards have significantly longer tails *Jaguars have the shortest tails of the big cats,* and the actual hbl is the same more or less. The shoulder height shows an advantage for the leopard but again we don’t know how the shoulder was taken. But as we can see, it’s the Jaguar that is the more heavily built cat Lb for Lb. So we can assume that the leopard shown would be in the 75-85kg category unless it’s measured over the curves then it would be between 70-80kg most likely. Reply