Largest Living wild lions ?

[GuateGojira]

About the lion size, I am a bit tecnichal, as I don't know all the populations, for example, like those of Dubwa. However, based in my data, the three populations-subspecies-clades of lions known are these:

1. Southern African lions: the largest of all. They average no less than 180 kg and up to 200 kg in the extreme cases. Those of Zimbabwe seems to be the largest with an overall average of 192 kg.

2. Eastern African lions: They are "medium" sized specimens and average between 170 -180 kg. They are a little shorter in body dimensions, but the differences are of only a few centimeters.

3. Indian-Barbary-West African lions: They are the "smaller" of the group, but ony in weight. They average about 160 kg, but they body size is similar to those of East Africa.

This is a very rouge description, but using the data available, the lions from Southern areas of Africa are the largest ones. Now, what particular region is the top one? Well, I could not say, but based only in the actually weighed lions, it seems that Zimbabwe have the trophy.
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