The Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea and Panthera fossilis)

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(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, 08:33 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(08-25-2020, 07:42 AM)Stripedlion2 Wrote: Yea I’ll read about them too I didn’t think cougars in Central America could reach large sizes I thought only Canadian and American cougars could reach huge sizes .

Central America pumas are small, probably the smaller ones of the species. In fact, when the jaguar is present, the puma is smaller, so in Central America where are the smaller jaguars, certainly here are also the smaller pumas, however as far I know, there are no weights from pumas in this region.

Yea jaguars are the ultimate apex predators in central and South America . Also here’s another good question wouldn’t the african lioness genes limit the growth of the cave lion African lions size ? They limit African lions size and tiligers and tigons are smaller than ligers. So how would they play out i don’t know one the scientists said they would try to make the hybrid be as much like cave lions as possible maybe that counts for size too. Reply