Desert Lions

[Pckts]

I wish @dr.panthera was still posting here, I'd love to ask him about the difficulties that desert lions have in finding prey compared to others.
My assumption would be genetics, I have a hard time understanding what need a desert lion would need to be longer, taller and leaner unless they need to run faster over a longer period of time and thus a long stride with less muscle and fat to eat up oxygen would be needed.


Maybe large populations just come down to "time and place"
Genetics of a large powerful male that is passed down through coalition members that are unchallenged could perpetuate the cycle of large males, who knows.
It's an interesting characteristic.
It's not like the ngorongoro and delta where we could try and pin point reasons they might be larger than the others, these against all odds shouldn't be able to compare. Too much data needs to be accumulated before we can come to any conclusions. Reply