Adult male jaguars are huge; larger than cougars. You can see them in many zoos. But I have personally seen some huge mountain lions similar to what oosik saw. Mountain lions are common where I live.The cougar I saw in the bed of the hunter pickup was no 60# weakling. It stretched out the full eight feet. More on the order of what jyoutz speaks of.
Actually there was a sighting this year of a leopard in Siberia this yearJaguars are in the Americas.
Leopards are in Asia and Africa (no longer in Siberia).
Both have black variants and those are both called black panthers even though they are different species.
Seeing how my house cat can scare me sometimes, I can't imagine her being 60 pounds!![]()
I read that, also. Funny how when an animal is at the extreme extent of it's range there aren't as many around... yet we consider them "endangered". It's the same up here with the Canada lynx; there are plentiful across the border but "endangered" here.They are also native to southern AZ and New Mexico, but they are endangered in the US.
Yeah, we get the occasional Canada lynx in northern NM and an effort was made to establish critical habitat for the species here. But in this case reason prevailed and the effort was declined by biologists.I read that, also. Funny how when an animal is at the extreme extent of it's range there aren't as many around... yet we consider them "endangered". It's the same up here with the Canada lynx; there are plentiful across the border but "endangered" here.
Using that logic humans should be considered an endangered species in the Arctic Circle.
its weird that the bobcat thrive in the US but not the Lynx....Yeah, we get the occasional Canada lynx in northern NM and an effort was made to establish critical habitat for the species here. But in this case reason prevailed and the effort was declined by biologists.
Actually the lynx are doing quite well here now. Forest practices of the past 60 years or so have created great rabbit habitat which is what they feed on. In a heavy snow winter they can still get around while the bobcat struggles.its weird that the bobcat thrive in the US but not the Lynx....
The lynx is dependent on snowshoe hares, which aren’t as common in the US; the bobcat has a more versatile diet. Why the lynx is limited IDK.its weird that the bobcat thrive in the US but not the Lynx....