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In South America, the jaguar is larger than the cougar and tends to take larger prey, usually over 22 kg (49 lb). The cougar's prey usually weighs between 2 and 22 kg (4 and 49 lb), which is thought to be the reason for its smaller size. [ 73 ]
Jaguar: Panthera onca: 56.1–104.5 [15] (123.6-230.3) 148 (326) [16] 1.8–2.7 [17] 2.8 [18] 68–80 [19] North and South America: 4 Cougar: Puma concolor: 53.1–71 [15] (117-156) 105.2 (231) (Verified) [20] 125.2 (275) (Unverified) [21] 1.5–2.4 [22] 2.8 [23] 53–88 [24] North and South America: 5 Leopard: Panthera pardus: 30–65.8 [25 ...
Panthera onca mesembrina is the largest subspecies of P. onca, with a 2017 estimate placing its body mass at 231 kilograms (509 lb) based on the type material. This makes it not only the heaviest known jaguar by as much as 90 kilograms (200 lb), but one of the largest known felids.
The following list contains the largest terrestrial members of the order ... Jaguar: Panthera onca: Felidae: 100-125: 160 ... South America: 25 African wild dog ...
The giant otter has a handful of other names. In Brazil it is known as ariranha, from the Tupi word arerãîa, or onça-d'água, meaning water jaguar. [6] In Spanish, river wolf (Spanish: lobo de río) and water dog (Spanish: perro de agua) are used occasionally (though the latter also refers to several different animals) and may have been more common in the reports of explorers in the 19th ...
S. populator from South America was the largest species, at 220 to 436 kg (485 to 961 lb) in weight and 120 cm (47 in) in height, and was among the largest known felids. The coat pattern of Smilodon is unknown, but it has been artistically restored with plain or spotted patterns.
The jaguar stands 63 to 76 cm (25 to 30 in) tall at the shoulders.Further variations in size have been observed across regions and habitats, with size tending to increase from north to south. Jaguars in the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve on the Pacific coast of central Mexico weighed around 50 kg (110 lb), about the size of a female cougar ...
The first recorded Arctotherium specimens in South America occur alongside the earliest known South American records of several other carnivorans: the sabre-toothed cats Smilodon and Homotherium, the puma (Puma concolor), the jaguar (Panthera onca), some large 25–35 kg (55–77 lb) canids, and several smaller (<15 kg (33 lb)) mustelids ...