Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

[Rishi]

(05-31-2018, 04:40 AM)Wolverine Wrote: Of course you are right that this short answer of Dr Jhala is not a scientific text, hopefully this zoologist will publish more detailed data and the wide spread delusion that Indian lion is smaller will be overcomed. Nevertheless its a big success for Rishi that he entered into connection with that zoologist.

Dude, don't call him "this zoologist...that zoologist"! The man is a legend.

(05-30-2018, 08:47 PM)Pckts Wrote: We'd need to know the number of individuals, age, condition, body measurements and stomach contents first but I'd say the 160kg-200kg range is on the smaller end of the spectrum for healthy Male lions, based off of measured individuals, you'd have to assume Asiatic lions are slightly smaller at the top end compared to their African cousins but there are many other factors that would come into play, females seem to show this even more so than their male counterparts.

From what's been gathered on Wildfact, their lowest & highest weights measured in males are about 145 kg to 225 kg respectively.

Thus i am certain that he'd just provided approximate weight range, within which healthy adults usually scale. Otherwise it's as you stated above, weight value for even a single individual can't be stated without adjoining information about said individual. 
Still, coming from him, their average weight might be similar to Africans. 

I agree with you about the top end. 500lb+ specimens are yet to be recorded post-1950 (as far as i know ofcourse). Could be because of the dip in genetic diversity. Reply