Size comparisons

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(04-15-2019, 07:24 PM)Rishi Wrote:

(04-15-2019, 11:19 AM)Luipaard Wrote: It all started with one person claiming that large jaguars are 'much, much' bigger than any leopard, which is false. I have proven that their sizes overlap. The largest leopard vs the largest jaguar won't be a huge difference.

Your subspecies & size overlap argument makes sense, but this is a bit too much. While largest leopard can touch 130kg if you're being generous, but largest jaguars could very possibly shoot past 150kg.
Both their sizes vary widely, making fair comparisons complicated, but Javan/Arabian leopard males can average <50kg too.

The visible size or stoutness is not reliable... We had a similar discussion earlier, about claims that Sundarban tigers "look" the same size as mainland tigers. Luckily some still lived side-by-side in cramped old zoo enclosures & a massive difference was clearly noted.

(04-15-2019, 05:20 PM)Arctotherium Wrote:

(04-15-2019, 02:59 PM)Sanju Wrote: Leopards are the 4th biggest modern cat and pumas are the 5th.

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Florida Panther(Biggest Puma) is 120 kg
Anatolian Leopard(Biggest Leopard)is 80 kg

Although picking a small & a large subspecies is not very decent argument, but gotta agree that leopards & pumas may definitely be equals, both in size & success.

I think, that you wrote 130 kg about leopard by accident :) Reply