Are White Tigers/Lions Larger than Normal Colored?

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I have noticed @peter mention that he thinks White lions or tigers are larger than their normal colored counter part.
I don't think I agree.

I'm curious as to any data or images you guys have that can back your stance one way or another.

My reasoning....

White Tigers: All white tigers came from Mohan which he then mated with his daughter or grand daughter and thus began the epidemic today known as "white tigers"
I don't understand how an inbred white gene can create a larger cat?

Another question I have is this.
Lets say White tigers are larger, would they also be the closet living relative to Pure Bred Indian Bengal tigers in N. America since Mohan was 100% and only the Bengal sub species carries the white gene which Mohan had to breed with.

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White Lions:
To my knowledge, Kruger/Timbavati are the only place where this happens in the wild and in captivity they are occurring more and more.
From what I have seen in wild lioness, there doesn't seem to be any difference in size, may be wild Male lions but that is unknown to me.

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In captivity I do know that the largest lion in the big pride at BJWT is King Ali (white lion) but they are still sub adults and different age groups.
I know I have seen very large white lions but I couldn't tell you if they are larger or smaller than regular colored lions I have seen.

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