Wild carnivores and humans compared

[Dark Jaguar]

@Rishi

Its a 5 years old caatinga male, Onças do Rio Negro project even made a comparison with him to a 130kg pantanal jaguar of the exact same age.

Caatinga jaguars are the rarest and most endangered population in Brazil and they're small due to the adaptation throughout history to the extreme drought seasons of that biome which only the toughest of the toughest shall survive, in hot seasons some animals die specially cattles just by the caatinga climate itself, some caatinga jaguars even overlap in size with pumas which is really cool. however don't let that small size distract you from the fact caatinga jaguars had many conflicts with ranchers in the past because of livestock. Check my post #7 in the Jaguars of Brazil thread, its a short post regarding them published by Pró-Carnívoros Institution making that statement. there's another caatinga male jaguar I just posted today in the weight and measurements thread.

By the way I am gonna be posting a very interesting story/case regarding a caatinga jaguar whithin a few hours.




@OncaAtrox


Indeed both cats have a nice variety in sizes and I really like it though, I think its good to also know how small these cats can get on natural enviorments and not just how big they can get hehe.

By the way I have a slight feeling that caatinga jaguars males and females overlap in size, you'll get what I mean later on. Reply