Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences

[Balam]

@Luipaard according to the government of Mexico the Jaguar population in the country is less than 5,000, the other countries listed from Central America are small and would hold an even smaller number of jaguars. It is locally extinct in El Salvador due to extreme hunt, as has much of the native species in the region. Seeing as though the rest of Central America is smaller than Mexico and the jaguar in extinct in certain areas my point that they represent a smaller population compared to the grassland areas of South America where they grow much bigger has validity to it. The other small population which is Caatinga is even more rare and engendered.

By comparison in the Pantanal itself reports put the jaguar population as high as 13,000 and the Cerrado which is the largest grassland in the continent could hold an even larger population by virtue of its size. 

Smaller jaguars can be found in certain poached areas of the Amazon, and still the data shows that in general the region is capable of producing large individuals, especially around Suriname and Guyana. Reply