Captive Lion and Tiger weights

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Materials and methods

Study area and animals

Captive Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica), leopards (Panthera pardus) and tigers (Panthera tigris) were anaesthetized for collection of blood for steroid hormone assay, for collection of semen by electro-ejaculation and for minor surgical manipulations (vasectomy, wound dressing, etc.). 

Animals of 3–12 years of age were anaesthetized as a part of the present study between 2000 and 2005 at var-ious zoos in India. A total of 123 immobilizations were carried out on 52 lions (22 males and 30 females), 55 leopards (32 males and 23 females) and 16 tigers (all males) during 2000–2005. All the animals were in the breeding age-group (about 3–12 years) and were apparently healthy without any detectable illness. 


The mean body weight (mean ± SD) of the animals were as follows: 

male lions 163.7 ± 9.3 kg (range 140–180 kg), 

female lions 151.2 ± 7.1 kg (range 140–175 kg),

male leopards 75.9 ± 9.3 kg (range 60–101 kg), 

female leopards 68.6 ± 7.1 kg (range 55–85 kg) 

male tigers 183.3 ± 11.3 kg (range 165–210 kg).

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