Modern Weights and Measurements of Jaguars

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(10-27-2023, 04:43 PM)ravager Wrote:

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These data seem to include together weights from the Atlantic Forest and the Upper Paraná wetlands, as well as weights that do not come from recent scientific sources. To get a more detailed and reliable look at weights for jaguars from this region take a look at our online spreadsheet. 

The idea that a modern Atlantic Forest jaguar weighs 90 kg on average is comical, with all due respect. No jaguar from the AF proper has surpassed 100 kg under the scientific literature. The Atlantic Forest has been greatly degraded and only a small remnant of it remains. Jaguars and their prey are critically endangered there due to overhunting and habitat loss. Important jaguar prey like white-lipped peccaries has dissapeared from areas close to Iguazú, for example, so jaguars have been going through a process of size-reduction as a result.

Atlantic Forest jaguars, without counting the Upper Paraná Wetlands which is not the same type of eco-region, are not bigger than those from the Chaco or Cerrado. Reply