The Body Mass Of The Cougar (Puma concolor) In Alberta
By NoCap, February, 2021.
There are a few records Of the size of the Cougar (Puma concolor) In the Canadian province, alberta And in Patagonia. In this document, I Will Gather all the information on The sizes of the cougars in these locations, and Find out the Average size.
Alberta:
Sunquist & Sunquist (2002), In the table 49, Presents Weights And body Lengths Of Male And female Cougars in Alberta.
*Access To Sunquist & Sunquist 2002 Is Available Here: https://archive.org/details/wildcatsofworld00sunq
Mark & Cheryl-Lesley 2002, In the Table 3, Presents Average Weights And Body lengths Of 5 Captured Cougars (2 Males, 3 Females).
They Also Present Average Weight And body Lengths Of 6 Captured Cougars (5 Males, 1 Female) In Table. 4.
*Access to Mark & Cheryl-Lesley 2002 Is available here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260480744_Carnivores_and_Corridors_in_the_Crowsnest_Pass
Ros, Gunson & Martin (1992) Provides weights And Body lengths For Immobilized Cougars; the Average weight being ~72 kg (N=6). And the Average Body length being 139 Cms (N=7) For males. The average Weight was ~45 Kg (N=22) the average body length being 123 Cm (N=22)
*The access to ros, gunson & Martin 1992 is available here: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Management-plan-for-cougars-in-Alberta.-Ross-Gunson/ce6ec0c434b2a8902e1d2b9650053c60b07585dd
The Average Weights and Body Lengths we can conclude for Males After Reviewing the data provided By Sunquist & Sunquist 2002, Mark & Cheryl-lesley 2002, Ros, Gunson & Martin (1992) are: 68.9 Kg (N=25) And 135.3 Cm (N=26).
The Average Weights And Body Lengths we can conclude for Females After Reviewing the Data provided by Mark & Cheryl-lesley 2002 And Ros, gunson & Martin 1992 Are: 45 Kg (N=26) And 122.4 Cm (N=26).
Patagonia
Sunquist & Sunquist (2002), In the table 49, Provides Body Weights for 6 Male cougars And 4 Female cougars from patagonia.
Elboroch et al. Provides Weights for 5 Adult Cougars (3 Males & 2 females) And Cabello et al. Provides weights for 5 Adult Cougars (3 Males & 2 females)
Elboroch et al:
Males
- 82 KG
- 73.5 KG
- 66 KG
Females
- 38 KG
- 36 KG
Cabello et al:
Males
- 70 KG
- 65 KG
- 63 KG
Females
- 40 KG
- 40 KG
Franklin et al. 1999 In table 1 Presents Average Body mass for 4 Male cougars and 4 female Cougars.
*Access to Franklin et al. 1999 is available here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/223526494_Ecology_of_the_Patagonia_puma_in_southern_Chile_Biol_Conserv
The Average Weights and Body Lengths we can conclude for Males After Reviewing the data provided By Sunquist & Sunquist 2002, Elboroch et al, Cabello et al And Franklin et al. 1999 are: 70.3 Kg (N=16) And 131 Cm (N=6)
The Average Weights And Body Lengths we can conclude for Females After Reviewing the Data provided by Sunquist & Sunquist 2002, Elboroch et al, Cabello et al And Franklin et al. 1999 Are: 41.3 Kg (N=12) And 122 Cm (N=4).
CONCLUSION
The patagonian Cougar And the Cougars from alberta are Indeed, very Large felids; weighing nearly 10 kg More than a South african leopard (Sunquist & Sunquist 2002). However, the Patagonian Cougar is Slightly Heavier And Slightly Shorter than It's Canadian Counter part; With patogonian toms Weighing ~2 Kg more than Toms from alberta And being 4 Cms shorter in Length. In sows, The Canadian cougar has the edge over the Patogonian Cougar; Being 4 Kg Heavier And Being equal in length.