Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[lionjaguar]

(10-21-2019, 09:18 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(10-18-2019, 11:38 PM)lionjaguar Wrote: You were saying that Asiatic lions were smaller from measuring weight. How about comparing other measurements beisdes weight? Which one is bigger cats? Don't forget African lions, barbary lions and cape lions.
I heard lion is the second largest cats all the time.  I always notice that male lions looks bigger than other cats in sanctuary, circus, and zoo when they are next to other cats. Why lion is considered as the second biggest cat after lion looks bigger than any other cats. They are lighter in weight, and people are making them as the second biggest?

Captive lions look bigger because of the mane, that is very common fact in captive animals. Lions have longer heads and adding the effect of the mane, they look impressive at the side of any cat, but is just an illusion.

So it is not just weight, is also body size. Check this old images that I have, you can see the diferences in body size, not only weight, between the largest tiger populations and all the lion populations as a hole.

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*This image is copyright of its original author

There is some information that need to be updated, for example, I think that the lions from Southwest Africa are slightly heavier because of new weigthts published, but the measurements do not change.

Thanks alot! I was curious about it all the time since male lion looks the biggest cat. I am still uncertain about it since male lions look way bigger in video and photo in captivity. It isn't even small margin.
How come the barbary lion in your photo is much bigger than other lions in Africa? Reply