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The Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea and Panthera fossilis)

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The Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea and Panthera fossilis)

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08-25-2020, 06:27 AM

(07-30-2020, 02:21 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote:
(07-30-2020, 01:21 AM)Stripedlion2 Wrote: So cave lions are a distinct species but are closest related to the lion today.

Maybe the difference is similar to today's mainland clouded leopard/sunda clouded leopard, chimpanzee/bonobo, eastern/western gorilla.

(08-25-2020, 06:05 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:
(08-22-2020, 09:45 PM)Stripedlion2 Wrote: Does anyone know the size of the beringian cave lion?

One single study from Baryshnikov & Boerskorov (2001) calculated an average body mass of 194 kg from males and 154 kg for females. The biggest skull reported for the area (a male from Alaska) correctly measured was of 384 mm in greatest length (reported by Bone Clones and I corroborated the size with them), so probably this population was slightly bigger than the modern South African lion (the biggest population in modern time) and reaching the same maximum weights of the modern Bengal tigers (over 260 kg).
154kg is pretty large for a female cat nowadays . And I think Wild  bengals as A whole average 200kg but mainland tigers average 220kg .
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