Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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(04-21-2019, 10:47 AM)Shadow Wrote:

(04-21-2019, 05:14 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote:

(04-20-2019, 02:25 PM)Arctotherium Wrote:

(04-20-2019, 02:24 PM)sanjay Wrote: No Lion Vs Tiger Debate on forum, If you do again, moderator will ban you.
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@Rishi @peter @tigerluver @GrizzlyClaws

Sorry.
https://www.nakanune.ru/news/2017/08/29/22480970/
Cave Lions can grow 600 kg.

Please, be aware of the forum rules, and refrain to turn it into another lion vs tiger flamebait.

BTW, the inconsistency of the body mass calculation has been discussed over years, but we take the largest documented fossil records.

The largest Cave lion fossil record should reach the magnitude of 500 kg, and so far it is pretty clear that no American lion fossil or other later Cave lion fossil being larger than this.

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I add this, that when here is posted some claim about extreme measurements of some animal and then some link to back up that claim. Mininum is, that there would be then same information to be found from that link.

So if I say suddenly, that Asian elephant can be 8000 kg, I can´t back it up by link where can´t be found such information confirmed. And if I´m questioned, it doesn´t help if then share a link about African elephant.

So when some claim is about American lion, then sources used in reasoning to back up claim, should be concerning American lions. Not some findings from Europe which aren´t the same thing. Personally I look closer when here is some new poster and putting some figures looking like to be extreme, that what he/she is talking about.

All the available of fossils of the American lion are well studied so far. If we scaled up the modern African lion to the same dimension, it would weigh in between 350 - 400 kg, but considered this species was more robust built proportionally. Therefore, the actual weight of the largest American lion could be something a little more than 400 kg, but overall anything over 450 kg is out the realm of possibility for the American lion.

So far, only the largest fossil record for the Cromerian Cave lion has been significantly outsized the largest American lion, so the possibility of 500 kg is only available for the aforementioned species. Reply