Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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(10-07-2019, 10:07 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(10-05-2019, 10:17 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: We have accounts of large Asiatic lions in the past, even outside their current range in the Indian State of Gujarat:

- Circa 1620, Mughal Emperor Jehangir reportedly speared a lion in western India measuring 10 feet 3 inches (about 3.1 m) in length, and weighed about 306 kg (674.6 lbs): https://books.google.com/books?id=szBm5k...ir&f=false

Actually, the report of Tom Brakefiled, which is a copy-paste from Wood (1978) is incorrect. In fact Divyabhanusinh (2005) corrected those figures. The correct weight was 255 kg and the length was of 9 ft 4 in or about 2.85 meters (page 95).

Certainly, the lions in India were as large as those from Africa, based in old pictures, but there was no such thing as a male of 300 kg, at least reliable recorded.

I don't think you can trust it from just seeing old photos. People are taller these days. Also, I've never seen any Gujarati who were taller than 6ft in my life. That's why old Asiatic lion photos with British looks smaller than lions next to Indian royals. Reply