Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[GuateGojira]

(09-03-2019, 06:11 AM)GuateGojira Wrote: However, surfing the web I found this document thatn changed all: "Asiatic Lion: Ecology, Economics, and Politics of Conservation" - Yadvendradev V. Jhala et al. (2019).



Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....y-material

This document not only have one of the most compreensive summary of information about the Indian lion in modern and old history, but also is the FIRST document, as far I know, that actually have the body measurements and weights from adult Indian lions!!! So, here is the information:

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I think that this is more than enough to see that Indian lions are long but not as heavy as some people calculate based in pictures. Measurements were taken "along the curves", but I suspect that they pressed the tape like with the Amur tigers, as a lion with a head-body length of 204 cm (M6) weighs only 160 kg. Compare these measurements with those taken "between pegs" in my table.

Interesting as it is, this documents provides much more information about this animal, and I think that many people here will be happy to discuss it and to learn more about this incredible animal, a relic from a past that no longer exist.

I checked again the measurements of these Indian lions and I go this:

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Certainly these lions were measured along the curves, and probably presing the tape as a lion of 204 cm in head body can't weight only 160 kg, it will look like a cheetah, so probably its real length was about 190-194 cm and even then is still lanky. Please take in count that the lions captured were healty adults.

Now, my concern is with lioness F3 as her length is weird, I mean, her head-body is of 209 cm, bigger than any male lion in the region! I am 100% sure that there is an error there and I guess that probably the real total length is of 239 cm, which will produce a head-body of 159 cm, more in the line with the other females.

I will try to contact the authors, but just in case, @Rishi, can you try to contact Dr Jhala about this? I think that he will be more willing to answer to you as you allready contacted him previously.

Let's see if we can clarify this point. Reply