Size comparisons

[Luipaard]

(08-26-2019, 03:22 AM)Styx38 Wrote:

@Luipaard and @BorneanTiger For this video at 0:53, Joe asks whether Leopards are bigger than Jaguars, and Forrest mentions that Leopards are bigger rather than clarifying the difference of subspecies.

This  lead to the typical "Actually Jaguars are bigger" comments there, as well as people questioning Forrest's knowledge in biology.

They're looking at the Mexican jaguar, calling it "huge" and being "200lb+" which are both wrong; they're not huge and weigh around 50kg (110lb).

But when asking which is bigger, in this case it is indeed the leopard overall since they're not talking about which subspecies but still are comparing it with this particular Mexican jaguar.

That's why this subject is so interesting; they overlap in size and weight which leads to such discussions. For example, I could claim that Indian leopards are bigger than Peruvian jaguars since 2 Peruvian Amazon males weighed 31 and 37kg. In this case I'm correct but when asking overall who's the bigger cat, it's the jaguar.

I'm just against the general people claiming things like "jaguars are twice as big as a leopard"/ "jaguars weigh 100kg, leopards only 65kg"/ "jaguars are leopards on steroids". The reality is that the difference between them is closer than people really think. Reply