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(06-14-2020, 05:18 AM)OncaAtrox Wrote: Pleistocene jaguar comparison with human
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*This image is copyright of its original author
Comparison by Alessandro Di Gregorio
The maximum body mass for the giant jaguar from USA (Panthera onca augusta) was of about 227 kg, new sources quote much lesser figures. As far I know, the fossils of Panthera onca mesembrina are no larger than those from P. o. augusta. In this case, I think that a mass of 270 kg is greately exagerated. Even the large skull found in Talara, that some people believed that was from Panthera atrox, was not even close as large as a large skull of modern tiger/lion.
The image is good, the data need to be corroborated.