Modern Weights and Measurements of Jaguars

[Balam]

Since we're discussing sizes, what do you guys make of these controversial weights quoted in the scientific literature for jaguars hunted in los Llanos?

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The reports come from second-hand sources, but if they are accurate, my thoughts are that the 180 kg specimen was probably full-bellied, but even then, if we were to remove 12 kg of weight, we're still left with a 168 kg animal, which I don't think it's entirely impossible for historic Llanos specimens. Los Llanos had for centuries hundreds of years thousands of feral cattle with no control living in the area before they were recaptured in mass in the 1800s from the 1400s, there's at least 4 centuries where jaguars had an unlimited amount of cattle supply and it wouldn't surprise if some of them reached the prehistoric sizes that we have spoken about before due to the large biomass of prey available. Reply