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Size comparisons
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@Pantherinae, here is one of your asked images, the largest South African lions on record, from the two populations:
 *This image is copyright of its original author As you can see, a lion of over 200 cm in head-body is massive!!! I used the maximum figures and this is the result. Now, on the record from the largest south west lion, I used the hunting record from a lion hunted in the north of Zimbabwe reported by Pitman. Yes, I know that this is not a first hand source, but it is slightly longer than the largest lion reported by scientists in the area (209 cm). This record is not included in the previous comparative image with all the data included, because the measurements and weights presented of this population were all from scientific sources, so I excluded this large specimen. However, now you can see it and is no different, overall, from the scientific records. About the skull size from the south west area, I don't have any data, expect from the figures from J. H. Mazák, which present an average of 358.3 mm (+/- 21.22), suggesting a maximum figures of about 380 mm. In a next post, the size of the spotted hyena, like all of you deserve. By the way, if someone had measurements "in the flesh" from American gray wolves, I would appreciate them very much. Greetings. |
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