Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences

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(03-15-2022, 04:43 AM)SpinoRex Wrote: Also about the collar bone.... even if tigers would have "equally" long collar bones, which they most likely dont have.... the lion has the more robust/broader and curved one, which will give an advantage in strength and muscles(that are connected with the bone) but as Pckts mentioned a smaller one will allow more flexibility (shoulders). As i said the real difference in just length will be lower but still cant explain a length diff of 1/3 or more. Also the length isnt the main point as various relative numbers are included. In subspecies i couldnt find any noticable differences in terms of relative numbers.

I am not convince about that. If you check an African lion (male or female) of over 130 kg, it will definitelly have bigger bones in every sense agains a Malayan tigress of about 99 kg.

Unless you can compare similar sized especimens, from the same sex and about the same age, those results are not conclusive at all. Reply