Panthera onca (carnivore)
Variant names: Felis onca

Mass: 65 kg based on Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991, Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019, Morato et al. 2001, Rabinowitz and Nottingham Jr 1986, and Richard-Hansen et al. 1999

Diet: carnivore based on Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991

Abundance: 0.03 to 18.91% (median 1.69%)

Latitudinal range: -48.4° to 39.0°

Habitats: (8), mangrove (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (10), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (12), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 35 samples

Argentina: Iguazù National Park (on roads), Cueva Tùnel (Holocene)

Belize: Extinction Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Bolivia: Santa Rosa (control)

Brazil: Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, Floresta Nacional Amapâ (dry season), Floresta Nacional Amapâ (wet season), Parque Estadual do Turvo (trail), Reserva Natural Vale (year 1), Reserva Natural Vale (year 2), Reserva Natural Vale (year 3), Reserva Natural Vale (year 4), Iguaçu National Park, Formosa Military Training Area, Terra do Meio Ecological Station II, Cachoeira Seca Indigenous Land I

Costa Rica: Pacuare Nature Reserve

Mexico: La Reserva Natural Sierra Nanchititla, Estación Científica Las Joyas, Tolistoque (rainy season), Abra-Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve (survey 1), Huasabas-Sahuaripa Region, Ajos, Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (secas), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (lluvias)

Peru: Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2005), Los Amigos Conservation Concession (2006), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2018), Ichigkat Muja - Cordillera del Cóndor National Park (2019)

United States: Laubach Cave (Late Pleistocene), Harrodsburg Crevice (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer B) (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene), Quitaque Creek (Late Pleistocene)

Venezuela: El Breal de Orocual (ORS20) (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass62000 kgN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ body mass85000 kgN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ body mass67000 kgN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ body mass75000 kgN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ body mass30000 kgN = 1Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019
♀ body mass45000 kgN = 1Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019
♀ body mass30000 kgN = 1Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019
♀ body mass37000 kgN = 1Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019
♂ body mass95000 kgN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♂ body mass96000 kgN = 7Morato et al. 2001
♂ body mass58000 kgN = 1Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019
♂ body mass61000 kgN = 1Nuñez-Perez and Miller 2019
♂ body mass57200 kgN = 6Rabinowitz and Nottingham Jr 1986
♂ body mass70000 kgN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♀ condylobasal length182 mmN = 5Rabinowitz and Nottingham Jr 1986
♂ condylobasal length198 mmN = 14Rabinowitz and Nottingham Jr 1986
♂ ear length82 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ ear length90 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♂ head and body length1310 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ hind foot length250 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ hind foot length245 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♀ skull length216 mmN = 3Rabinowitz and Nottingham Jr 1986
♂ skull length232 mmN = 16Rabinowitz and Nottingham Jr 1986
♀ skull width150 mmN = 5Rabinowitz and Nottingham Jr 1986
♂ skull width163 mmN = 16Rabinowitz and Nottingham Jr 1986
♀ tail length570 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ tail length490 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ tail length575 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ tail length510 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♂ tail length665 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♂ tail length620 mmN = 1Richard-Hansen et al. 1999
♂ tail length580 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949
♀ total body length1720 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ total body length1850 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ total body length1730 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♀ total body length1820 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♂ total body length2110 mmN = 1Crawshaw Jr and Quigley 1991
♂ total body length2220 mmN = 1Sanderson 1949

See also Panthera, Panthera atrox, Panthera gombaszoegensis, Panthera leo, Panthera pardus, Panthera sp., Panthera spelaea, Panthera tigris, Panthera uncia