Zoos, Circuses, Safaris: A Gallery of Captivity

[Amnon242]

(12-28-2018, 08:42 AM)johnny rex Wrote:

(12-28-2018, 12:25 AM)Amnon242 Wrote:

(12-27-2018, 08:30 AM)johnny rex Wrote: So, so far what's the biggest cat in terms of head/skull size, shoulder height, weight, etc. that you've observed personally @Amnon242 ?

Hi Johnny, interesting questions...so when it comes to the tallest cat, I would probably choose this barbary...and he has possibly the biggest head. On the other hand, the widest skull belongs to that slim (but also very tall and long) amur. The heaviest is probably that amur male standing next to female of average size. The male is estimated to be 300 kg. BTW when it comes to height, these tigers are very close to that lion...

I think what you mean by biggest head is the longest head. Are you sure it's a genetically Barbary lion, not a Southern African lion? Because Barbary lions were thought to be extinct and not as tall.

Yes, it does looks like the slim Siberian tiger, if I'm not mistaken his name is Igor, have a wide massive skull. The other male Siberian that is estimated to weigh 300 kg also seems to have a big skull, compared to the female.

IMO that lion has longest and overall biggest head, but Igor would be very close, maybe bigger. Another point is that I saw that lion n 2012 and Igor in 2013, 14 and 15...so for me its not easy to judge the size of their heads now...

Anyway, that lion is oficially barbary. He is very tall, but also slim. I estimate is weight to be 190-200 kg (btw Igor is 220 kg weighted and 5 yo at the photo...in 7yo he had 240 kg). I have seen 3 sons of that barbary lion (one of them is older) and all are very impressive when it comes to height. And they are also more robust than their father, so each of them is probably over 200 kg. But I have seen another adult babary and he was the smallest lion I have ever seen. And yet another babrbay male was of average height and 180 kg (my estimate). I have seen 5 barbary lionesses and they were of average or rather underaverage size. Barbary lions are sometimes said to be the biggest subspecies, I personally would rather disagree, but there are really impressive individuals among them. Reply