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THE PUMA - CAT OF ONE COLOUR (Puma concolor)
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THE PUMA - CAT OF ONE COLOUR (Puma concolor)
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A few months ago I was going to do a thread comparing the skulls of clouded leopards and Jaguars based on the observation that they looked very similar but couldn't find and solid good figures for clouded leopards. Would be interesting to know, and how it relates to their ecology.
 (02-25-2020, 04:37 AM)Sully Wrote: A few months ago I was going to do a thread comparing the skulls of clouded leopards and Jaguars based on the observation that they looked very similar but couldn't find and solid good figures for clouded leopards. Would be interesting to know, and how it relates to their ecology. And a lot of those Skulls used for old studies are from captive specimens as well, I'm sure it's the same for Clouded Leopards but Jaguars certainly show an extreme difference in skull size depending on the location. I'm sure a Skull from the Pantanal would not only have the largest size recorded in Jag skulls but I'd imagine the same would hold true for Canine size, especially since they prey so often on Caiman and utilize the skull bite more frequently when doing so.
Los Angeles to build world’s largest wildlife bridge across 10-lane freeway
An $87m corridor will extend over Highway 101 to reconnect the ecosystem and possibly save mountain lions from extinction Engineers in southern California are hard at work designing the biggest wildlife corridor in the world, to extend over US Highway 101 to the north-west of Los Angeles. The corridor will connect different parts of the Santa Monica Mountain chain, which is crucial to the future of mountain lions – but it will help other species as well. The $87m bridge has entered its final design phase and is on track to open in 2023. “This ecosystem needs to be reconnected for all wildlife,” said Beth Pratt of the National Wildlife Federation, explaining that animals could roam through different parts of the mountains until humans cut them off with giant roads. GPS tracking shows that the animals are largely isolated in their own small areas, unable to mingle. “Segmentation impacts animals both large and small: lizards and birds up to mountain lions.” Mountain lions, in particular, are having a hard time. Populations of mountain lions cannot socialize for mating and a report published this year warned that mountain lions in southern California were at risk of going extinct within 50 years if their genetic diversity was not increased. “This is an animal that is particularly beloved in California,” Pratt said, adding that California is the only state that doesn’t allow mountain lions to be hunted for sport. “We want these animals on the landscape, and the population will go extinct if we don’t do something soon.”  *This image is copyright of its original author Beth Pratt of the National Wildlife Federation and Caltrans project manager Sheik Moinuddin walk near the planned wildlife crossing. Photograph: Marcio José Sánchez/Associated PressThe National Park Service has been doing research at the site of the corridor for almost twenty years, but talk of a tunnel or crossing got serious a decade ago, said Pratt. That idea has quickly gained steam: the corridor has raised $13.4m from private donors. “It’s been a long legacy with all our partners but this current push for a structure – and an overpass – has moved quickly.” The designers chose to create a bridge surrounded with brush and trees, extending 165 feet over a 10-lane freeway. It’s designed to blend into the mountains so animals won’t realize they are on a bridge at all. “The science tells us this is the better design,” said Pratt. “Some animals will use tunnels, some will not. We looked at the best solution for all wildlife so all creatures can use this.” Tunneling under 10 lanes of pavement and an access road would also have been more expensive. The project has received attention from Kansas to Hong Kong. Leonardo DiCapriohas been a supporter. And during the public comment period, there were 9,000 positive comments and 15 negative ones. Pratt sees the project as aspirational. “We’re doing this in LA, a city of 4 million people,” she said, with 300,000 cars traveling under this particular stretch of freeway every day. “If LA can do it, it can work anywhere. Even in a giant city, we’ll make a home for a mountain lion.”   *This image is copyright of its original author
An American mountain lion attacked a sheriff's deputy in Larimer County, Colorado, before being fatally shot: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/0...o-vpx.kdvr, https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-depu...hot-killed
Bad news for North American cougars living on the border of Mexico and the USA: https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-bigcats...#pid112770
Thomas Vilayan: " When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out. "
(04-08-2020, 01:13 PM)Spalea Wrote: Thomas Vilayan: " When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out. " Amid the lockdown, 3 South American cougars have been spotted in the capital city, Santiago: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52197631 This puma was taken to a metropolitan zoo for a check on its health, credit: Reuters The first mountain lion to be spotted in Santiago was snapped jumping onto a wall, credit: Reuters
I decided to post this one here because there's detailed measurements of puma from cerrado ( the study on the link is a detailed comparison between the cerrado puma and the cerrado jaguar )
https://www.yumpu.com/pt/document/read/13054693/ecologia-comparada-e-conservacao-da-onca-pintada-pro-carnivoros On the other hand evidences of predation by pumas are characterized by the slaughter of medium sized animals such as peccary ( Pecari tajacu ), armadillos and terrestrial birds such as rheas and tinamids, the fatal bite is generally concentrated in the lower part of the neck. Pumas start the consumption of the carcass by the abdominal region, the average distance between the canine marks in the bones is 26 mm, they have the behavior of covering the carcass with foliage and sticks. In this table you can see the measurements of 7 pumas from cerrado ( Page 44 ) Seven pumas ( four males and three females ) were captured in the region of Parque Nacional das Emas and their average weights are in table 2. Adult puma females in the PNE - Cerrado have a weight corresponding to approximately 57.5% of the weight of adult males of the same species. the male cerrado pumas on the table bellow aren't on their average weight. C.Puma = Cerrado Puma SD = Standard Deviation N= Number of sampled individuals LBD= Lengh Head Body TL= Tail lengh He= Height CG= Chest Girth C.Puma SD N Weight(kg) 43,93 13,23 7 LHB (cm) 114,28 7,82 7 TL (cm) 67,85 8,21 7 He (cm) 62,67 5,12 6 CG (cm) 60,21 9,18 7 In this table there's the measuments of the trails (cm) of Pumas in the Parque Nacional das Emas - Cerrado. ( Page 45 of the link ) L= Lengh W= Width FP= Front Paw HP= Hind Paw N= Number of sampled individuals Pad Toe Pace C.Puma SD N HP.L 7,536 1,08 25 HP.W 6,628 0,879 25 HP.Pad.L 3,473 0,528 25 HP.Pad.W 4,222 0,554 25 HP.Toe.L 2,565 0,38 24 HP.Toe.W 1,617 0,309 24 FP.L 7,182 0,575 21 FP.W 7,148 0,932 21 FP.Pad.L 3,495 0,424 21 FP.Pad.W 4,488 0,597 21 FP.Toe.L 2,435 0,27 20 FP.Toe.W 1,58 0,235 20 Pace 43,875 3,119 4 AVERAGE and Standard deviation of weights between males and females Cerrado Pumas captured in the region of Parque Nacional das Emas - Cerrado Females N SD Males N SD T gl P 30,75 (kg) 3 6,788 53,5 4 4,435 5,611 5,2 <0,002 Differences between the average weights and their respective Standard Deviations ( SD ) between cerrado male jaguars and cerrado male pumas in the Parque Nacional das Emas - Cerrado. ( Page 44 of the link ) C.Puma N SD C.Jaguar N SD t gl P 53,500 (kg) 4 4,435 87,500 (kg) 2 3,536 10,175 2,6 <0,003 So the average weight on the male Puma in cerrado is 53,5kg  (12-03-2016, 06:24 PM)st147zar Wrote:(10-10-2016, 04:28 AM)SVTIGRIS Wrote:Its bobcat or lynx, look at the tail. No, Bobcats are "small cats" living in North America and their range do not overlaps with the Guanaco. It is a puma. Its tail must have been either the result : 1) Possible fights (With partial recovery of the tail) 2) Birth Malformation |
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