Size comparisons

[Balam]

From last month's Onçafari's camera traps, Pança male showcasing what a healthy and prime Pantanal male jaguar looks like. These jaguars just keep getting bigger and bigger, to the delight of some and the dismay of others.

Buck marsh deer usually weigh in between 120/150 kg, Pança is not only close in shoulder height in comparison to the buck, but he is clearly packing much more body mass, regardless if he's somewhat gorged the muscle density across his body and thickness doesn't lie:

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The cougar from this take is a very young adult male that weighed 51 kg, while Pança is not necessarily on the same trail as the young cougar, they are clearly at a similar distance to the camera and ground level as the camera traps are always positioned at the same height, so the comparison stands:

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Pança is easily 3 to 3.5 times larger than this cougar, he is dwarfing this cougar in a similar fashion to how lions and tigers dwarf leopards. We're looking at likely another 140+ kg male. Crossing my fingers he will be captured on the next capturing campaign at Da Ilha Refuge. Reply