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Size of Okavango Delta Lions and Lionesses

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Size of Okavango Delta Lions and Lionesses

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02-06-2016, 04:12 AM

(02-01-2016, 02:52 AM)Polar Wrote: What about the 272 (or was it 280?) kg lion from Timbawati? Was it proven adjusted for stomach content or not?

Timbawati lions do come in larger sizes than the rest of P. leo nubica (East African Lion) subspecies, tying in with the Ngorongoro population.

The veterinarian involved quoted 283 kg , stomach content was not known so if we use Bertram's rule you deduct anything from 0 to 30 kg.
Timbavati lions are similar to Kruger lions ( males average 200 kg in North Kruger Kleet et al. 189 kg in central Kruger Smuts et al. and 184 kg in southern Kruger Kleet) several males shot in Timbavati were gold trophies over 27''.
Despite the fact that the largest verified free ranging lion was shot in Kenya , and the likelihood that that 61 lions that inhabit the Ngorongoro crater are quite large, as a whole lions from southern Africa are slightly larger that their east Africa conspecifics who are also slightly larger that west African and Indian lions but of course individual variations are noticed.
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