Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences

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(09-19-2017, 05:28 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote:

(09-19-2017, 03:50 AM)paul cooper Wrote: How did you come up with this conclusion? What makes a skull pantherine or 'more' pantherine?

The tiger's shorter facial structure gives me the impression that is an atypical pantherine with some feline morphological characteristics.

The typical facial structure for a pantherine should be proportionally longer like that of the lion.

In general, I think nobody would argue that a tiger possesses more morphological features of the house cat than a lion.

I don't necessarily agree with this assessment, I think when looking at a Jaguar, Leopard, Lion and Tiger, they all have different skull formations.
Especially looking at the nasal bones, A lion for instance has a flat/convex nasal structure, A tiger has a very convex nasal structure, A jaguar has a concave nasal structure and a leopard in my opinion is more similar to a Tiger than the other 3.

The sagital crest is also very different in all panthera. Reply