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Balam · 08-20-2020, 04:33 AM

COSTA RICA: "And here is the King, Shāhdosa, taking a nap just in front of my camera trap! This is a screenshot taken from a video, and so I can tell, he stayed here for a while! This beautiful male is my jaguar number 4 and he’s pretty big! I hope to see him in person some day...

Just to be clear, I will not reveal the exact location, just keep in mind it is occuring on the Osa Peninsula - Costa Rica"

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By Tico's Wild Studio

Balam · 08-21-2020, 05:42 AM

LLANOS:

Here are some older males from Aurora Reserve that haven't been seen recently and may have deceased or been pushed out of the area by newer males like Faculto or Caricare (they could also just have avoided camera traps).

Pajarote: male registered for the first time through camera trapping in 2014 by Panthera, here are his profile angles and key rosettes that set him apart:

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Librao: he was also registered in 2014 and was last seen in 2017, his profile:

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Capture from 2015:

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Mapurito: registered in 2015, large male of similar size to Librao:

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Carrao: newer male in the area and might still be around, first registered in 2018. By the only picture posted of him he appeared to be a younger male, perhaps 4 years old, and might be dominant in the area right now if he was able to stick around and establish a territory, though no recent pictures of him have been released:

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All credits to Panthera and la Aurora Reserve.

Balam · 08-21-2020, 04:02 PM

(08-10-2020, 05:41 AM)Balam Wrote: Some of the latest captures of Xando from northern Pantanal, one of the twin brothers known for having stuck together for a while. In the latest captures he's shown alone, which could mean their coalition has dissolved as expected, he's also seen much stockier and larger, he's probably on the way to becoming a pretty large male as well and is currently around 4 years of age reaching his prime.

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Credits to wildplanetphotomag, Mateus Rauber and Carlos Eduardo.

Xando on the right next to his brother Borro on the left, they can be distinguished by the pattern in their foreheads:

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Credits to Mark Thomas Photo Tour Leader

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Good news, they're still together

Pckts · 08-21-2020, 10:19 PM

(08-21-2020, 04:02 PM)Balam Wrote:
(08-10-2020, 05:41 AM)Balam Wrote: Some of the latest captures of Xando from northern Pantanal, one of the twin brothers known for having stuck together for a while. In the latest captures he's shown alone, which could mean their coalition has dissolved as expected, he's also seen much stockier and larger, he's probably on the way to becoming a pretty large male as well and is currently around 4 years of age reaching his prime.

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Credits to wildplanetphotomag, Mateus Rauber and Carlos Eduardo.

Xando on the right next to his brother Borro on the left, they can be distinguished by the pattern in their foreheads:

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Credits to Mark Thomas Photo Tour Leader

* Edited to correct names.
Good news, they're still together

I'm not sure how recent this is, hopefully it's true but the Pantanal has been on fire the past few weeks so everything is up in the air at the moment.

Here is the mighty Hero

Balam · 08-24-2020, 01:48 AM

PANTANAL: Aju male, here is his profile. He's 5.5 years of age. He is also from Porto Jofre.

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Credits to Bill Lima and Valter Patrial.

@Pckts I believe this is the large male you saw on your safari.

Pckts · 08-24-2020, 05:06 AM

(08-24-2020, 01:48 AM)Balam Wrote: PANTANAL: Aju male, here is his profile. He's 5.5 years of age. He is also from Porto Jofre.

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@Pckts I believe this is the large male you saw on your safari.

I saw Balam, the brothers and Marley. I also saw another massive male dragging a huge caiman through the dense grass but we couldn't ID him.

Balam · 08-24-2020, 05:22 AM

@Pckts this male you shared with us is Aju, so you can add him to your list as well.

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Pckts · 08-24-2020, 05:54 AM

(08-24-2020, 05:22 AM)Balam Wrote: @Pckts this male you shared with us is Ajo, so you can add him to your list as well!

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Then I saw Aju not Balam if he's the same as my shots below.
That photo above wasn't mine, that was from Paulo when trying to ID the male we saw.

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I think this is balam though, his lopsided ear seems to match

Balam

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Balam · 08-24-2020, 06:19 AM

@Pckts if you look at his rosettes on the front of his forehead you can see the pattern matches with that of Aju, especially on the right side where he has a little line besides the butterfly shape. His face is also longer while Balam's is more rounded, Balam also has that dark counter around his eyes like Tusk does which give him a menacing appearance, in Aju the contour is thinner:

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Pckts · 08-24-2020, 06:56 AM

(08-24-2020, 06:19 AM)Balam Wrote: @Pckts if you look at his rosettes on the front of his forehead you can see the pattern matches with that of Aju, especially on the right side where he has a little line besides the butterfly shape. His face is also longer while Balam's is more rounded, Balam also has that dark counter around his eyes like Tusk does which give him a menacing appearance, in Aju the contour is thinner:

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Unfortunately my shots are too far off to ID so all I can go off of is the Ear.

Dark Jaguar · 08-24-2020, 06:39 PM

The Jaguar @Pckts saw was Aju.

Those front pics a bit far off I still can see a few patterns tiger-like stripes over his chest and limbs which I can compare with another pic of Balam on the same position, but I will do it with another pic of his right side taken by pckts.

I am gonna leave a single pattern on the center of their bodies circled in red so you guys can compare with his surrounding patterns and spots with ease.

Aju male

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pckts photo male

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Now focusing on the photos above by keeping an eye on that specific rossete with one spot in the middle circled which is already the same on both jags look closely the surrounding rossettes and spots, you'll see both animal's rossettes perfectly matching as well as his front limbs patterns, note their underbellies spots as well.

Now look without the red circle.

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I will now include more pics of Aju to compare with the male of pckts photo to make it more clearer.

This is a kinda similar position. Can you see that rossette with one spot in the middle that I previously circled in red?? its there in the center of his body.

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Now since you already know they both the same jaguar. Let's now compare him with Balam himself.

On Balam bellow Pay the attention to his six spots outside rossetes circled in red, use it as a base referrence just like the one I showed above.

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With no red circle you already can see those spots on Balam's body by yourselves.

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And now try to see if it matches to Aju's body.

Balam

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Aju

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Now on the Left side.

Balam

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Aju

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Those patterns above don't match at all.

Now regarding the other picture taken by Paulo I already saw he isn't Balam either.

First of all focus on these specific details on Balam.

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These pics bellow they look like each other and I get pckts confused them but pay the attention to the ''tiger-like stripes'' of both cats on their right forelimbs, both stripes are placed around the same area however they take ''different directions'' giving away they aren't the same and Balam only got one long tiger stripe on that region whereas the other male ( Aju ) got 3+ very narrow stripes going from his right front limb all the way up his chest which will match and link with the ones on the other side of his right forelimb ( they're the same ). It is clearly possible to see them on pckts pics of him from his front far off.

Paulo photo's male.

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Balam.

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Also still focusing on the photos above regarding the rest of his body since there's a plant in the front of the middle part of Paulo male's body check their hindquarter patterns they aren't matched either as well as their faces which have already been discussed here so I won't get too in depth on that area.

Now to wrap up grab this photo bellow of Aju and bar his front right forelimb due to the water splashing making it blurred to see in details, check his body patterns and compare to that Paulo's male bar the plant in front and note at least the areas you guys can see it will decently match unlike that of Balam's.

Ajó male

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Paulo photo male

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Now lets do the same compared to Balam's. Note they won't match at all.

Aju male

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Balam.

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So the male pckts saw is the same as that male Paulo took photo of, its Aju male.

Too bad I could only get those shots of Balam on his right side, Now if you guys got a better zoomed up pic of Balam on his right side it'd be much better and will make my point even clearer.

Dark Jaguar · 08-24-2020, 06:49 PM

(08-24-2020, 06:45 PM)Balam Wrote: @Dark Jaguar it's 100% Aju, the marks on his forehead match perfectly. Here is a zoom of Paulo's photo

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They completely match from the Jaguar ID's profile of Aju

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Yes I know. On my post above I mentioned that I wouldn't get too much in depth on the facial area since its already been discussed by you guys.

Its indeed Aju.

Balam · 08-24-2020, 06:54 PM

Since we're posting profiles of different males, here we have the ones from Ruxu/Adriano, Juru/Marley, Geoff/Scarface:

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Pckts · 08-24-2020, 07:21 PM

(08-24-2020, 06:39 PM)Dark Jaguar Wrote: The Jaguar @Pckts saw was Aju.

Those front pics a bit far off I still can see a few patterns tiger-like stripes over his chest and limbs which I can compare with another pic of Balam on the same position, but I will do it with another pic of his right side taken by pckts.

I am gonna leave a single pattern on the center of their bodies circled in red so you guys can compare with his surrounding patterns and spots with ease.

Aju male

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pckts photo male

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Now focusing on the photos above by keeping an eye on that specific rossete with one spot in the middle circled which is already the same on both jags look closely the surrounding rossettes and spots, you'll see both animal's rossettes perfectly matching as well as his front limbs patterns, note their underbellies spots as well.

Now look without the red circle.

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*This image is copyright of its original author

I will now include more pics of Aju to compare with the male of pckts photo to make it more clearer.

This is a kinda similar position. Can you see that rossette with one spot in the middle that I previously circled in red?? its there in the center of his body.

*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

Now since you already know they both the same jaguar. Let's now compare him with Balam himself.

On Balam bellow Pay the attention to his six spots outside rossetes circled in red, use it as a base referrence just like the one I showed above.

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With no red circle you already can see those spots on Balam's body by yourselves.

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And now try to see if it matches to Aju's body.

Balam

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Aju

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Now on the Left side.

Balam

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Aju

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Those patterns above don't match at all.

Now regarding the other picture taken by Paulo I already saw he isn't Balam either.

First of all focus on these specific details on Balam.

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These pics bellow they look like each other and I get pckts confused them but pay the attention to the ''tiger-like stripes'' of both cats on their right forelimbs, both stripes are placed around the same area however they take ''different directions'' giving away they aren't the same and Balam only got one long tiger stripe on that region whereas the other male ( Aju ) got 3+ very narrow stripes going from his right front limb all the way up his chest which will match and link with the ones on the other side of his right forelimb ( they're the same ). It is clearly possible to see them on pckts pics of him from his front far off.

Paulo photo's male.

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Balam.

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Also still focusing on the photos above regarding the rest of his body since there's a plant in the front of the middle part of Paulo male's body check their hindquarter patterns they aren't matched either as well as their faces which have already been discussed here so I won't get too in depth on that area.

Now to wrap up grab this photo bellow of Aju and bar his front right forelimb due to the water splashing making it blurred to see in details, check his body patterns and compare to that Paulo's male bar the plant in front and note at least the areas you guys can see it will decently match unlike that of Balam's.

Ajó male

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Paulo photo male

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Now lets do the same compared to Balam's. Note they won't match at all.

Aju male

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Balam.

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So the male pckts saw is the same as that male Paulo took photo of, its Aju male.

Too bad I could only get those shots of Balam on his right side, Now if you guys got a better zoomed up pic of Balam on his right side it'd be much better and will make my point even clearer.

The side profile shot is much clearer and it's definitely Aju.
I wonder if Balam was the male we saw dragging the huge Caiman, because he looked even larger than Aju.
Aju is huge btw, much larger than Marley.

Balam · 08-24-2020, 07:33 PM

@Pckts it's actually great that you saw Aju because it gives a better idea of his size as he is not a well known male. I'm guessing he's around the same size as Adriano, bigger than Juru but smaller than the big three: Balam, Tusk, Edno.

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