Size comparisons

[AndresVida]

(12-04-2021, 05:47 PM)LandSeaLion Wrote: To my eyes, the skull Dr. Hunter is holding resembles the snow leopard skull, not the cheetah’s.

Just finished to watch the vid and yes you are absolutely right, even if we do not have bone studies that perfectly reveal the identity of the cat it seems to me 100% clear that this is the skull of a snow leopard and not a cheetah. 

It can be clearly seen how the muzzle of the skull arches slightly as it elongates instead of descending directly downwards.

Comparing them better yes, I would say that there are no more doubts in saying that the skull actually belongs to a snow leop.

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I guess that this is the most common visual difference that distinguishes felines with pantherines, although I guess that some Patagonian cougar skulls might be the only exception among extant felines that may give us a little harder time in distinguishing them.

Just look how wide and robust their skulls are, the last one especially!! Powerful and amazing beasts they are .

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