Desert Lions

[johnny rex]

(08-20-2015, 11:46 PM)GuateGojira Wrote: The Hobatere Lion Research Project

Check this new data from a study of lions in the Ethosa frontier. This are the lions of the Hobatere Concession Area (hereafter referred to as Hobatere), which lies adjacent to western Etosha, with the Hobatere lion population falling within the Etosha sub-population and in the medium to high density category. Check this map:

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The full article describe the entire study, and full with amazing pictures and what I always search, measurements and weights! Here is the page: http://africat.org/hobatere-lion-researc...-june-2015

Here is the table of the body measurements, check that only two animals were weighed, and the figures suggest lions of great body mass, although not very long. Warning, the shoulder height is also along the curves, so it is not an standing height. Check it out:

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Here are weighing the male lion:

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Here are measuring another one, along the curves:

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@GrizzlyClaws you love the canines, so here is the table about the canines of these lions. Check that the canine of 6 mm (at the gum line) of male Hpl-2 is a new record for wild lions. Here is the table:

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Here is the best image of the lion Hpl-2 upper canines.

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Here is another report from three of those specimens, this time from the Etendeka Concession, Omatendeka Conservancy, Kunene Region, always in Namibia, all adults. Check this fully grow male:

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Here is the web page: http://africat.org/africat-lion-research...t-expanded

Here is the article with the measurements (no weights, sadly) of the three specimens: http://www.africat.org/images/koolfish_u...report.pdf

Interestingly how they have survived in this harsh terrain, sacrificing size for efficiency.

Hope you like it, and add it to your data bases.

Greetings to all.

Wow, I'm amazed by the head length of HPL-5. His head is actually longer than the legendary Duisburg Zoo Siberian tiger which head is 50 cm long thus the lion has a larger skull than the largest tiger. But, I'm not sure whether the measurement of the lion's head is pretty accurate by the way. Is the measurement of the lion's head length based on over the curve measurement? Are there any tigers that possess head that is much larger than this particular lion, if possible? Reply