BODY SIZE AND MASS OF NGORONGORO CRATER LIONS

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(03-09-2015, 03:49 AM)'Pckts' Wrote: Until somebody weighs one or eye witnesses who have seen both gives proof of this, that is not a correct statement. They infact are Serengetti Lions. They come from the serengetti and as recently as 30 years ago, they had imported from the serengetti to the crater. It is far more likely that they're going to be the exact same as Serengetti Lions. 

They do have a dense population of Buffalo there but that doesn't matter since they hunt Wildabeast and Zebra far more often there. So even if you were to say they eat more than other Lions elsewhere, you can only add so much mass to a body that is the same dimensions as other serengetti lions. 30 years is not enough time to adapt drastic evolutionary changes, and the fact that prides and coalitions are so large and inbred that they have to share food with lots of mouths would also put a damper on the idea of them being extremely large. I just don't see very much weight differences from place to place when comparing African Lions. They are usually very close to each other and the weights generally show that.

 

Eye witness say that crater lions are huge. I´m not saying that they are "extremely large". I also agree with "I just don't see very much weight differences from place to place when comparing African Lions. They are usually very close to each other and the weights generally show that." - btw I wrote something like that in one of my posts. I also said that alleged 212 kg average seems too much...too big difference from Serengeti lions.

I´d say 190-200kg. Just my 2 cents...You say "exact same as Serengeti lions" - that means around 180 kg. OK, but why are crater females larger than Serengeti females?




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