Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

[genao87]

(09-08-2018, 11:33 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(09-08-2018, 10:42 AM)genao87 Wrote: welcome back Guate Gojira!  long time no see.   also about the Mosbach lion.   I thought for sure it was a max weight of 330-350kg with 300kg on average.    but you are saying that sucker could reach 400kg??

Hello again @genao87! Nice to see you to again!

About the weight, I think that the sizes of those lions are too large to ignore, and check that if we take all the specimens of that time (under the name Panthera (spelaea) fossilis), we can see that those sizes are too extream, and may reflect animals beyon our imagination. Like I said, with a huge skull of 484.7 mm in GSL, the specimen Chateau CHA.1.98.C3-246 is a perfect candidate for a weight of at least 380 kg, and if all the other bones are as massive as it skull, I see no problem to estimate it at about 400 kg or a little less.

damn,  so this sucker is a contender for the largest cat?  I thought the Nngong Tiger grew slightly larger than this "lion".   Can't wait to hear Tigerluver's paper on Panthara  Tigris Oxygnatha,   the tiger that is possibly the largest Tiger that ever existed.  I assuming this guy to be like 400kg.



 I believe reading tigerluver's post in the past and others that this "lion" is not a true lion and its own cat?  Have to re-read his posts again. Reply