Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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(04-22-2020, 02:43 AM)OncaAtrox Wrote:

(04-22-2020, 02:36 AM)Lycaon Wrote: Not the best video but one gets to see the size of a wild lion .

That lion is huge, I'm sure if these Indian lions had access to larger prey and habitat they would challenge certain African populations in size.

At least in looks, they already do rival certain African lions, and a number of these happen to be close relatives of the Asiatic and Barbary lions, see my post in the main thread, and this thread of mine on Northeast, Central and Equatorial African lions. In fact, Sir Reginald Innes Pocock said in 1939 that the given measurements of Gir lions which he collected from others showed that they were "the same size approximately as Central African lions" (which may be of the Northern or Southern subspecies, respectively Panthera leo leo and Panthera leo melanochaita, depending on where exactly in Central Africa you're talking about, as explained in my thread). Reply