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(10-31-2019, 07:10 PM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: He didn’t look fat at all, and strongly reminiscing a modern replica of the Cave lion.
With a total length of 3.5 m and a shoulder height of 1.32 m, definelly it had the size of a huge Cave "lion" from the group fossilis!
It was estimated at 800 lb (363 kg) and as we can see it did not had the large fat layer that the largest captive lions/tigers and ligers normally have. So it was probably a very meager specimen, taking also in count the conditions of the Indian Zoos in those days, specially the Alipore one.
After all, he looked quite bony, not like those meaty/chubby specimens from the captivity.
It would be interesting to know his skull measurement, and I bet it got potential to produce a recorded sized one if they had a chance to measure it.
The heaviest Liger ACTUALLY measured by Guinness (2014)
