Modern Weights and Measurements of Jaguars

[Dark Jaguar]

@Richardrli


Despite having its natural preys available the Cattles do boost the sizes of jaguars that got access to it and predate it more often. Pantanal and Llanos aren't the only biomes that has/had large jaguars and with cattle access. When it comes to cattle access, Cerrado jaguars also got access to cattles and they're pretty big, jaguars from the extinct Varjão do Paranazão ( currently Porto-Primavera ) had access to cattles and which despite jaguars from that mini-biome having its natural preys the cattles from nearby farm was the main reason for their boost in sizes able to rival the Pantanal jaguars, Caatinga jaguars also gave ranchers many headaches in the past.

Prior to European colonization I wouldn't say they were that small, their natural prey range was much more diverse galore in all biomes, unlike modern days where most of the fauna jaguar live is found almost all wiped out by humans. Its not only about having big preys, the vast abundance of preys is also very important on a predator's size. However unfortunately most biomes of nowadays lack it for obvious reasons. Reply