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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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08-16-2015, 12:39 PM

Regarding P. spelaea (not P. fossilis) size, the NW Germany specimens look quite large. The 475 mm skull of Ural is huge as well, though I'm not aware of any exceptional long bones from the area. The British cave lions seems smaller, literally lion-sized. The far east Russian lions seem bigger than the British form, but smaller than the NW Germany and likely the Ural form. This may be why P. spelaea didn't get into the Americas after P. fossilis' colonization, they were smaller than those specimens, but still shared the same niche, so they were beat competitively.
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RE: Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines - tigerluver - 08-16-2015, 12:39 PM
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