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(04-15-2019, 10:37 PM)Sanju Wrote: Sadly, we dunno the body mass of ceylon lion (sinhaleyus) but I assume that would be about 300 kg too coz it is a early Pleistocene lion spp (ancestor to leo "fossilis") as well as intermediate b/w modern day lions spps and stem lion sps.
What do you think his weight may be?
Also do you have data about Panthera pardus spelaea mass ? It's certainly larger on avg when compared to modern leopard spps.
As far I know, there are no long bones or skulls or any other fossil from the Sri Lanka lion, just a couple of canines and are no larger than a modern lion.
I have no data on the Pleistocene leopards, I have documents but I have not paid attention to its size in relation to modern leopards, I am sorry on this point.