Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences

[Balam]

@Rishi he's repeatedly using the term "completely" which is completely false. While it's true that the smallest populations of jaguars overlap in dimensions with the largest populations of leopards in the skull or weight department, the overlap is still not total as the largest Mexican jaguar skull has a wider breadth than the largest leopard skull, despite being tied in length, hence having a greater overall score. This disparity becomes even larger when counting on South American populations, and of those not just the Pantanal. The largest skull on SCI records actually belongs to a Chacoan specimen.

So the use of the term "completely" is erroneous because the same could be said of jaguar skulls against lions and tigers and I doubt people here would agree on that, rightfully so. Furthermore, he is implying that the differences in skeletal proportions between both species are minor when that is also not the case. The difference in length/width ratio alone separates them by a long mile but the differences do not stop there. In short, I made a post highlighting these differences based on scientific analyses and then supplemented with a side-by-side comparison with two live specimens. He's decided to chime in to the discussion with logical fallacies, misunderstanding of data, and subjective points. Reply