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3 adult black caiman killed by jaguars with both being of unknown sex.
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Between October 2001 and April 2004 we equipped and monitored 10 jaguars (5 adult males, 1 subadult male, and 4 adult females) with GPS collars. The subadult male as still with his mother and another subadult sibling; we therefore assigned those kills to his mother (adult female 5) and considered the kill rate to be that of a family group. Radiocollared jaguars were monitored for a total of 76 radiomonths. Continuous monitoring of individual cats varied
from 1.5 to 24 months (Table 1); we were able to monitor 3–5 jaguars simultaneously during a single period.
They hunted prey of good size and quite strong as wilds boars, caimans and anteaters.