BODY SIZE AND MASS OF NGORONGORO CRATER LIONS

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(05-29-2015, 03:34 AM)'Pantherinae' Wrote: I actually think that it's unlikely that any lion populations weights 212 kg. (except okavango lions, I would not be surprised if they where) 
some lions are small some average and some huge! it's very much difference between induvidual lions, just look at lions in Sabi sands, you have belly hair who's enormous and average majingilanes. and some small males running arround in the reserve. Notch boys are huge all I would guess are over 200 kg and Caesar is probably in 225 kg++  rage. and some lions in masai mara is very small, not even much bigger than their femals (I have seen those lions my self). 

some one is born with good genes and are just huge! and for some it all comes down to prey densety, like the Notches kill's hippos, buffalo and eland all the time while others in the reserves don't and reatches a much smaller size. ofcourse the notch boys does have good genes, but their ability to hunt large prey has made it easier to build up, and keep hold on and take over the best territories.  

so no I don't think any lion population is as big as any tiger populations, but I think both spicies maximum weights are very close.

 

Close, but no cigar [img]images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Usually see the same difference between maximums or averages, USUALLY
15kg-30kg difference seems pretty fair outside of the exceptional ones.

When describing a 200+ kg animal, 15kg-30kg difference can be considered "close" but it can also be considered "major" depending on how you want to interpret it.

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