Size comparisons

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• JAGUAR vs. PUMA ALERRRT?! ???  

So before you ask, yes I’am the author of this photograph, yes it is taken in the wild (Osa Peninsula - Costa Rica), no I will not reveal the exact location, and yes it’s a fusion of two different pictures I took on the exact same spot a few days appart. ✌?

Last month I’ve posted a picture showing some tracks in the mud and asked you if they where from a jaguar or a puma, so as lot of you have reacted to it I’ve decided to show you the size difference between the two species!

On the right you can see a well sized male puma (Puma concolor) and on the left a small but fully grown adult female jaguar (Panthera onca)! Usually jaguars are bigger than pumas but like humans their size varies between sexes and even between individuals and so that’s why sometimes jaguars tracks are smaller than pumas ones.

BTW, this female jaguar is called Nubosa and I’ve spotted her 20 times in the last 3 years! She looks young because of her small size but she’s at least 7+ years old as she was firstly spotted in 2013 and was already an adult at this time. 

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