Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)

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(02-11-2022, 02:46 PM)Luipaard Wrote: I don't have the direct source since Chui originally shared the spreadsheet. I do know that these skulls were used in the study A leopard in the Predynastic Elite Cemetery HK6 at Hierakonpolis, Egypt where they found a very large leopard skull (256mm condylobasal length). These skulls are held in two Belgian museums; KBIN = Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (or Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) & KMMA = Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika (or Royal Museum for Central Africa).

In the study they mention the condylobasal length of 264mm:

Quote:The condylobasal lengths of the measured specimens ranged between 241 mm and 298 mm for lion and between 186 mm and 264 mm for leopard.

Thank you for share this with me. It is interesting to see that all the skulls are more or less in the line of other leopard skulls that I have saw, but this particular one is an outlier and it seems extreme. I remember the case of the large leopard skull in India that resulted to be a tigress. So I think that a DNA study on that huge skull will be necesary to make sure that is actually a leopard skull. 

I will leave it as that. You can continue with your discussion. Reply