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(04-15-2022, 07:29 PM)LonePredator Wrote: Is this from the wild? If so, I did not know these two species coexisted. Is there any recorded instances of Cougars and Jaguars interacting?
Yes, jaguar and cougars coexist in most of America, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. In the areas where they coexist, jaguars are always bigger. When they interact, jaguars dominate thanks to its largest size.
Ahh, that is what I expected. Jaguars are like mini Tigers. Lots of similarities with the short legs, robust bodies, both are very good swimmers too.
And particularly their lifestyles. Don’t you think the Jaguars, the Sumatran Tigers and the Sundarban Tigers are so similar in terms of their lifestyles?
I wonder what would happen in a hypothetical scenario if all three of them (Jaguar, Sundarban Tiger and Sumatran Tiger) live in the same habitat. Maybe they might hybridise and form a new species over thousands of years. At the same time they may wipe each other out due to close competition.
But nevertheless, this seems like a very interesting scenario.