Skulls, Skeletons, Canines & Claws

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(04-02-2021, 04:46 PM)Dark Jaguar Wrote: Pantanal Jaguar Skull.


photographs by John Devries

''Jaguar skull. Profile view of the skull of a jaguar (Panthera onca) from the Pantanal, Brazil, showing its powerful jaws and large teeth. The jaguar (Panthera onca) is the third largest of the big cats, after the lion and tiger.''

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The skulls of jaguars are something else, they remind of the skulls seeing in extinct macropredators known for the powerful bites such as Dinocrocuta sp. and the bear-dogs and bone-crushing dogs: Amphicyion sp. and Borophagus sp. (in fact even the body builds of jaguars share similarities with the body builds of amphicyonids albeit jaguar skulls are shorter), they all have really wide zygomatic arches with pronounced sagittal crests and concave foreheads, and thick stout teeth designed to withstand all that biting pressure. The powerful dentition can be appreciated perfectly with this Amazonian specimen that was poached:

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By ACEAA- Conservación Amazónica

By comparisson: 

Dinocrocuta gigantea

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Borophagus secundus (bone-crushing dog)

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Dinocrocuta rendition vs 148 kg Lopez:

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