Modern Weights and Measurements of Jaguars

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06-15-2021, 03:24 PM

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This one have freaked me out.

FULL Biometric Measurements of Xangô Cerrado male.

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I was in contact with Cristina Gianni the president of NEX No Extinction, the Institution that captured the famous male Dark Jaguar from the brazilian Cerrado named Xangô.

I was looking for his measurements in a very long time and I finally made it.

She kindly provided me the full biometric measure datas of Xangô for my Jaguar measure list.

NOTE: As some of you know he was captured 8 times and his measurements provided was from the capture Xangô weighed 104 kg. And one more thing, the images in this entire post are mixes of images of different captures of Xangô.

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Knowing the year of capture is important and as you can see right bellow the year of Xangô's archive Cristina sent to me is 2018, so I'd say it was the 2018 capture and this file provided by NEX contains 33 biometric measurements of Xangô's body, All in portuguese of course.

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Measure Method.

Over the Curves, Height measure with the measuring tape going over until the paw.

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Xangô Cerrado male jaguar's body measurements

Head Circumf: 69 cm

Head Length: 33 cm

Ear: 8,5 cm

Neck Circumf: 61 cm

Height: 63 cm

Thorax Circumf: 108 cm

Body Length: 149 cm

Tail Length: 62 cm

Total Length: 211 cm

Metatarsal: 24 cm

Right Testicle Length: 5 cm

Right Testicle Width: 4 cm

Left Testicle Length: 5 cm

Left Testicle Width: 4 cm

Weight: 104 kg

Other Important Measurements of Xangô included in his biometric datas Archive.

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Xangô's Jaws

Upper Canine Length: 5,2 cm

Upper Canine Width: 1,5 cm

Lower Canine Length: 4 cm

Lower Canine Width: 1,4 cm

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Distance between the Upper Canines: 6,5 cm

Distance between the Lower Canines: 4 cm

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Xangô's Front/Hind Paws measurement

Front Footprint Length: 13 cm

Front Footprint Width: 10 cm

Front Pad Length: 6 cm

Front Pad Width: 7 cm

Front Toe Length: 4 cm

Front Toe Width: 3 cm

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Hind Footprint Length: 12 cm

Hind Footprint Width: 9 cm

Hind Pad Length: 6 cm

Hind Pad Width: 8 cm

Hind Toe Length: 5,5 cm

Hind Toe Width: 3 cm

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Xangô's Pugmark measure.

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I made a brief comparison of Xangô Cerrado male and a human at same place, same day by a tree but note that if you pay the attention both (man/jaguar) are stepping over slightly different places, in the image Xangô's front paw is sitting on a higher (elevated) area of the ground whereas the man's feet is sitting on the slightly lower area meaning Xangô's shoulder is actually even lower than this comparison and the most intriguing thing is that he was measured over the curves.

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Here's a comparison between Xangô and another male Jaguar from Cerrado who also weighed 104 kg.

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Look bellow How short and muscular his limbs are, its incredible, I bet his forearm measurements would be really impressive as well, not to mention his massive head which makes him a beast from the brazilian Cerrado.

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Xangô's Bulkiness

Don't let his short height distract you from the fact that this dude is an extremely Wide/Broad cat.

NEX mentions in one of their capture articles that Xangô's Trunk/Torso is so thick and broad that his front paws stay away from one another, they stay put on that position (photo bellow). This shows how Broad Xangô really is and his chest girth of 108 cm proves it.

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Another thing that always drew my attention about Xangô is that as you can note on this brief video bellow, he is so low to the ground and robust that his hind legs are kinda ''curved''.

Sedating the Dark Cerrado Beast.

Xangô already trapped in the cage being sedated. Very explosive beast.

Min. 1:06 and 1:48 of the video bellow.

Xangô is the second Cerrado male jaguar measurement I got on my Books and as I expected the overlapping in size of Cerrado Jaguars with the jaguars from the Pantanal and Porto Primavera is a fact not only with their weights but also with their measurements.

Here bellow is the last footage of Xangô cerrado male that I know of, right before his collar dropped off last year, the last footage of this iconic Dark Jaguar.