Size comparisons

[Pckts]

(04-16-2022, 05:47 PM)LonePredator Wrote:

(04-16-2022, 02:37 AM)Pckts Wrote:

(04-16-2022, 01:39 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(04-16-2022, 01:14 AM)Twico5 Wrote: I have seen camera trap images of pumas and jaguars from the highlands in costa rica and these cats are always around the same size. In the Caatinga region in Brazil cougars are bigger than jaguars, as well as certain regions in the Cerrado that have similarly sized jaguars and pumas becasue there they would prey on the same animals. 

@Pckts and @Balam, you know more populations of jaguars than I, what do you think about this statement?

 "real life as these big cats will never tolerate each other and the jaguar would have kicked out the puma immediatly! "

Here you can see a small female Jaguar compared to a Large Male Couger
"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. "

and next you can see the same female jaguar compared to a large male Jaguar.

I made a comparison of the large male jaguar and cougar side by side, I just cant find it right now.

Are you sure that Cougar in the first video is a male? That looks a lot like a female Cougar

Not sure about the first video but that’s a sub adult Male Jaguar btw. The 2nd and third images are a large male cougar though which would be outsized by the small female Jaguar and significantly outsized by the male Jaguar. 
This is in Costa Rica where they don’t hunt caiman nor do they reach their peak size. Reply