Modern Weights and Measurements of Jaguars

[Balam]

@peter that jaguar is indeed from Suriname, I remember posting the picture here because I too was surprised by its dimension. You can read more about the poaching of jaguars from Suriname and the background from that picture here. 

The data for Amazonian jaguars from Suriname and the Guayanas is very scarce and hard to draw conclusions from, but if I had to give my thoughts on them I believe that these portions of the Amazon could potentially produce the largest jaguars of the eco-regoion, or at at least did prior to the mass poaching. Suriname used to have relatively large populations of prey items such as capybaras and white tailed deer which are large enough to sustain 80+ kg felids, those congregations of herbivores probably came from the West in the Venezuelan Llanos.

Here is a male in Suriname, whom I estimate to weight between 70 - 75 kg (based on his body compared to the capybara), after a successful hunt:

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