Asiatic Lion - Data, Pictures & Videos

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(10-05-2019, 10:17 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: We have accounts of large Asiatic lions in the past, even outside their current range in the Indian State of Gujarat:

- Circa 1620, Mughal Emperor Jehangir reportedly speared a lion in western India measuring 10 feet 3 inches (about 3.1 m) in length, and weighed about 306 kg (674.6 lbs): https://books.google.com/books?id=szBm5k...ir&f=false

Actually, the report of Tom Brakefiled, which is a copy-paste from Wood (1978) is incorrect. In fact Divyabhanusinh (2005) corrected those figures. The correct weight was 255 kg and the length was of 9 ft 4 in or about 2.85 meters (page 95).

Certainly, the lions in India were as large as those from Africa, based in old pictures, but there was no such thing as a male of 300 kg, at least reliable recorded. Modern Indian lions, just like the modern Amur tigers, are smaller then they old brothers, with none recorded over 190 kg. Reply