Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences

[Styx38]

(01-08-2023, 06:16 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(01-08-2023, 01:32 AM)Styx38 Wrote:

Quote:88kg's comes from Kambiz Baradarani. That was the largest actually presented to him with verification. This male was poisoned as well, so no excuse for being old or wounded, etc.
The 2nd largest was the 86kg male who was killed in a car accident. 
The 115kg was corrected and said to be 95kg during the actual weighing according to him.

In regards to weights, you have 2 males under 50kg and this male and I recall another smaller weight as well. You also have a CAR male under 80kg, exact location unknown but still most likely a Congo Basin and baited.

@Pckts So does that mean the 90+ kg Leopards in Iran are unverified specimens?

Also, where are the two males under 50 kg from? Do you remember the region or country since the Congo Basin is a large ecoregion.

Correct about the 90kg+ Leopards.

With regards to the Congo Basin Leopards, there’s actually 5 recorded.

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I’ll be fair, 3 of the adult Males are unhealthy and caught in snares, so realistically we can say they're 70kg males. That’s an increase 60% which is probably too generous but the point being these males were not anything special. Albeit I’m sure you will have larger males that can get to the 80-90kg ever so rarely like we see throughout Africa.

Fair enough.

South Africa, Botswana and Namibia do hav their share of small male Leopards, medium male Leopards and large male Leopards. Reply