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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Vinod - 05-12-2014
gorged but impressive nonetheless
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - TheLioness - 05-16-2014
Playtime
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The Royal Raju
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - peter - 05-16-2014
1 - CAPTIVE ADULT MALE INDIAN LION
A photograph in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS). Note the size of the skull:
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2 - LENGTH AND WEIGHT OF WILD INDIAN LIONS
The tables below were first posted by a poster called 'Spirit Lion'. Unfortunately, he omitted the source.
The average of the animals below is quite close to the average I found after reading different letters and articles in the JBNHS. The average length of 18 adult males not selected for size was about 8.8 in a straight line. Males selected by hunters averaged 9.1 'Between pegs'. The longest I know of 9.95 inches.The average of all (n=27) is just over 8.9.
The heaviest was the one shot by Capt. Smee (490 lbs. without the entrails). Most wild males range between 330-400 pounds, with some up to 420 or a little over. Spirit Lion distinguished between young adult males and prime animals:
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3 - WEIGHT OF CAPTIVE INDIAN LIONS
There isn't much to choose between wild (348 lbs.) and captive (361 lbs.) male Indian lions. Notice the large sample and the weight of females:
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4 - ONE OF THE LAST WILD LIONS IN IRAN
This letter in the JBNHS has some value, as it could be an eye-witness report of one of the last wild lions in Iran:
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5 - INDIAN LIONS COMPARED TO LIONS IN OTHER REGIONS
This table with skull measurements was first posted by poster 'Chui' in AVA. Iran and India at the far right and North-Africa at the far left. Lions from these regions (and West-Africa) are very close. So close, they can be seen as one. The differences in skull size, however, are remarkable. North-African lions were as large as those in Kruger or even a bit larger. If we assume a similar relation between skull length and weight in both, Barbary lions could have been similar in weight (between 410-440 lbs. roughly):
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Vinod - 05-16-2014
(05-16-2014, 05:14 AM)'peter' Wrote: 1 - CAPTIVE ADULT MALE INDIA
A photograph in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS). Note the size of the skull:
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wowee look at that head, KING OF THE JUNGLE STUFF [img]images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
the lions today are just a shadow of the past, thanks pete
RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Vinod - 05-16-2014
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Wanderfalke - 05-17-2014
(05-16-2014, 05:14 AM)'peter' Wrote: 1 - CAPTIVE ADULT MALE INDIA
A photograph in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS). Note the size of the skull:
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What a weird skull. as you said in Stuttgart Peter, when you look at the big skull samples of lions, they have a tendecy of looking like a horse more than a cat. The indian lion above is a great example. His Maxilla/Mandible or his snout looks extremely stretched. Weird but still impressive!
RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Vinod - 05-21-2014
Big skull
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - sanjay - 05-28-2014
Asiatic Lioness in the wild, Playing near waterhole
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Credit to: indianaturewatch , photographer: Amish Patel.
RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Pradyumna - 05-28-2014
Old hunting records I found from DivyaBhanu Sinh's Book
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Pradyumna - 05-29-2014
RAJA from Sasan Gir
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - sanjay - 05-29-2014
Great and Stunning Pics
RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - Vinod - 05-30-2014
seen a bigger head than this?
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RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - sanjay - 05-30-2014
Great Pics
RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - sanjay - 06-02-2014
Young and Powerful Asiatic Male Lion From Sasan Gir, India
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Image Courtesy: Indianaturewatch, Photographer: Hitesh Khokhani
RE: Asiatic Lions - Data, Pictures and Videos - sanjay - 06-06-2014
Asiatic Lion from the National Zoological Park, Delhi
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Image Courtesy: Indianaturewatch, Photographer: SMIT SANDHIR
Wild asiatic Lion Pride, Lioness fighting
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Image Courtesy: Indianaturewatch, Photographer: amish patel