Modern Weights and Measurements of Jaguars

[Dark Jaguar]

Capture season of 2013 and the first time Brutus was weighed by onçafari and other south pantanal females.


Garoa female: Caught at 21:40 on April 14 in the trap located in a cattle carcass in the Piquete da Caixa d'agua. Young female, estimated to be 15 months old, weighed 61Kg and had a very healthy appearance. Biological materials (blood, hair and ticks) were collected.  It was not equipped with radio-collar in function of its tender age, still showing signs of growth and weight gain. 
 

Young Garoa's capture in 2013.

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Local resident and employe Lali with anesthesed young Garoa.

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NOTE: Garoa was captured once again as an adult and she weighed 83kg.

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 Teorema female: Captured at 4:00 a.m. on April 16th in the trap located in a cattle carcass in the Bodocó wintering. Adult female with an estimated age of 07 years, weighed 95 Kg and showed physical signs of possible pregnancy (numb breasts and distended abdomen). She was equipped with radio-collar and biological materials were collected. Later pregnancy was proven. It has been monitored since then, together with its cub, which is now seven months old.



Teorema female anesthesed on the projects vehicle

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 Brutus: Captured at 8:00 p.m. on October 18 in a trap located on the Corridor of Three trail. Adult male, estimated age of 08 years, weighed 115 Kg. It was equipped with radio-collar and biological materials were collected. Its collar will provide subsidies for greater knowledge about male spatial information, given this not very well known and/or disseminated in other projects. It is being monitored since then.


Team working on the capture of Brutus.

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Local residents and employes with anesthesed Brutus.

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­Troncha female: Captured at 23:00 on October 21 in a trap located in Baiazinha Isolated. Adult female with an estimated age of 09 years, weighed 110 Kg and showed physical signs of possible pregnancy (numb breasts and distended abdomen). She was equipped with radio-collar and biological materials were collected. It has been monitored since then.   


Troncha female capture in October 2013.

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So now we all can at least assume how big a pregnant pantanal jag might get (she had a cub named Mion in 2013) But regardless of pregnancy or not Troncha was always stated as a very big female. Reply