Modern Weights and Measurements of Jaguars

[Balam]

On the third of December of last year multiple news sites in Brazil were reporting about on this case of a jaguar that was run over by a car in Mato Grosso, that according to them, weighed around 180 kg:

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For obvious reasons, the veracity of those claims is highly questionable and frankly unlikely. I wish that the government figures that record these instances and collect the data, such as the police, could transfer it to universities for more analysis or keep the records of it for further access to investigate their veracity.

I think in this case the alleged weight is likely an inflated estimation for sensational purposes. In the unlikely event that it was accurate, we would be dealing with the second alleged weight of a 180 kg Holocene jaguar registered, and would represent a new record. 
In this instance, the jaguar does show a considerable amount of stomach content, so maybe that could have altered the figure of its weight, assuming it was measured. Reply