Felids Interactions - Interspecific Conflicts

[AlexE]

(04-29-2018, 04:21 PM)Spalea Wrote: @AlexE :

About #266: "Big female african leopard 60 kg and big female hyena 60-70 kg".

OK if you want to haggle, by reading your own links : as concerns the leopard "females weigh 28–60 kg (62–132 lb)", and the spotted hyena: "while females weigh 44.5–63.9 kg (98–141 lb) (Serengeti), in Zambia tend to be heavier, with males weighing on average 67.6 kg (149 lb), and females 69.2 kg (153 lb) and "Exceptionally large weights of 81.7 kg (180 lb)[9] and 90 kg (198 lb)".

Thus: average weight of a female leopard: 44 kilos ((28 +60)/2 = 44)
Average weight of a female spotted hyena: at last 57 kilos ((44.5+70)/2 = 57,25). But I can easyly admit a 60-65 kilos value.

So yes, a spotted hyena is clearly heavier than a female leopard (+25%). If you prefer the biggest female leopard against the slightest adult spotted hyena... You could be right.

Even if I was agree with your assumption before (A female leopard being able to kill a hyena if she really had to.

Female spotted hyena in the Serengeti weighs up to 63.9 kg. Female leopard weighs up to 60 kg. 63,9 kg and 60 kg (3,9 kg). Hyenas in the Zambia are larger. Exceptionally large weights of 81.7 kg. I agree that big female hyena larger than big female leopard in Zambia.
and I know that hyena powerful animal
Even stripped hyena is stronger than any wolf Reply