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04-15-2019, 08:58 PM( This post was last modified: 04-15-2019, 09:32 PM by Rishi )
(04-15-2019, 08:12 PM)Shadow Wrote:
(04-15-2019, 07:24 PM)Rishi Wrote:
(04-15-2019, 11:19 AM)Luipaard Wrote: It all started with one person claiming that large jaguars are 'much, much' bigger than any leopard, which is false. I have proven that their sizes overlap. The largest leopard vs the largest jaguar won't be a huge difference.
Your subspecies & size overlap argument makes sense, but this is a bit too much. While largest leopard can touch 130kg if you're being generous, but largest jaguars could very possibly shoot past 150kg.
Both their sizes vary widely, making fair comparisons complicated, but Javan/Arabian leopard males can average <50kg too.
I think, that you wrote 130 kg about leopard by accident :)
Ok, maybe that's a bit too generous. 115-120 kg then... We're talking largest possible.
(04-15-2019, 08:26 PM)Sanju Wrote: Acc, Nat geo definition based on size : cougars, lynx, snow leopards, cloudie & cheetah are also considered as Big cats making number of big cat species around the globe "8" along with panthera genus.
Other than the Lion, Tiger, Jaguar, Leopard, Puma the rest should be called "medium cats" or something like that.
Ocelots can reach upto 25kg too. Below that there's a considerable gap of almost 10 kilos.