THE PUMA - CAT OF ONE COLOUR (Puma concolor)

[Dark Jaguar]

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 Reply