Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

[Pckts]

If you read through the whole thread you should be able to get some answers to the questions you're asking.

I used to agree with valmik but probably not so much anymore. I have pretty much defended lions in being as adaptable as any big cat. (See the Congo lion thread)

But still, the lack of hunting records or stories of Asiatic lions being hunted compared to tigers from times past beg some questions. 
Why aren't they as documented nor as many individuals measured? 

In regards to tigers of the Sunderbans, let's remove the fact that they live in the largest mangrove system in the world and suffer massive amounts of deforestation, tigers show a much wider variety of size throughout sub species compared to lions which generally don't have such size disparities between subspecies. Reply