Size comparisons

[Luipaard]

@Pckts

Quote:You seem to be denying the fact that no Jaguar has ever exceeded 158kg mark from the pantanal which immediately proves Fonseco wrong.

Where have I denied that? I have no problem with a male called Adriano weighing at 158 kg? All I'm saying is that Venezualan jaguars are bigger since their average weight is higher. So unless you can prove me otherwise, I will still believe that.

@Shadow 

Quote:But what comes to Fontana and his claim about 140 kg as maximum, what is the source for that, could you share a link to it @Luipaard ? It would be interesting to see how new or old information that is.

I'm not really focusing on the 140 kg maximum claim to be honest. It was just to show you that Fontana also states that Venezuelan jaguars are the largest ones.

I got more information of said book The Jaguar, by Mondolfi and Hoojesteijn:

"A very large male killed at Cordereño, 15 km North of Suripa, State of Barinas, reportedly weighed 145 kg (P. Gonzales Vera, pers. comm.). Another exceptionally large male killed in 1959 at El Rosero, State of Apure, weighed 148 kg (I. Velutini, 1978). F. I. Romero (pers. comm.) weighed several of the 84 adult males he had killed and gave the following range of weights: 90-110 kg for adult males and 60-70 kg for adult females. Only one of these jaguars, an adult male, weighed 120 kg. A very large individual killed at La Candelaria Ranch, State of Barinas by M. Franco, weighed 149 kg. Both of these animals had their stomachs full of spectacled caiman remains"


Oh and @Pckts , speaking of this 148 kg jaguar:

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I knew a person who actually contacted Rafael Hoogesteijn regarding this jaguar:

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According to him the stomach content of this specimen at the time of weighing can be estimated at 10-15kg. Therefore the empty stomach weight was likely in the 133-138kg range (more or less about 300lb). Reply