Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

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(09-07-2016, 12:05 AM)Ravisingh Wrote: @packts every single patch of open land which was not much in india was converted to farms very early in india history to feed vast population .in those times also india had higest density of population in the world. there was space left only for tigers and leopards which were hiding.

         tiger tends to show size differences because they live in snow, in forests of india, on small islands like sumatra. but in case of lions there is no such major variations in habitates in africa but in india prey size is realy small and habitat is little dence so by time they have evolved and become best suited for their prey and habitat. they are of almost same size as lions of central africa.
almost all animal evolve and have size variations within mainland populations
lion is not an exception after all lions and tigers are identical biologicaly. only difference is in social behaviour.

I was talking to some guys online about this awhile ago, yeah I think it was definitely man that drove the Indian lion out, if you do a quick google search a lot of info comes up, the Asiatic lion's seemed to be there for quite some time long before.  The Indian lion may have been larger as well back then.  

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twenty five years back, lion, occured in many parts of the country, like 
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujrat, Maharashtra etc. Then it disappeared, quickly
and not gradually. The causes of the disappearance of the lion from these places,
could be man made...
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Apparently there were Asiatic lions said to be as large as the Cape lion, a hunter shot a maneless breed, 11 in one day. 

https://books.google.com/books?id=DwFHAA...ia&f=false


Behaviorally the two cats seem to be different, but anatomically they also may have differences.

"(Asiatic lion)The lion is higher at the shoulder but shorter in the body than the tiger, the forelegs and feet are more massive than those of the tiger..."

https://books.google.com/books?id=ZP7fAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA199&d q=%22lion%22+%22tiger%22+%22shor ter%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCwQ6AEwB GoVChMIvZ28jMSOxgIVSouSCh3QywAn# v=onepage&q=%22lion%22%20%22tige r%22%20%22shorter%22&f=false


Its possible and I'm not 100% sure, but the older Asiatic lion may have been larger, even bulkier than the tiger. 

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! Now for the Lion of Kattywar or central Gezerat. In the B. S. M. for July, 1840, is a record of one there slain, of which we read : -——“ This Lion was 9 feet, with flowing mane, and altogether much more bulky than any Tiger I have killed
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The Gir Lion Sanctuary Project - Page 30

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As said before, the tiger is believed to have entered India from the northeast after the last ice age. Most naturalists now seem to believe that the lion is the older inhabitant. Some peonle believe that the tiger was responsible, in some ways at ..

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&b...bTaFKQ8MdM

It is believed that lion entered India from Persia about 6000 
years ago, and then
spread in northern India
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