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(10-15-2019, 12:04 AM)GuateGojira Wrote: With only two lions recorded in Central India, will be highly unreliable to estimate an average. The figure of 255 kg from 1623 is still in doubt and Jahangir, which killed many lions, clearly said that he noted that "in his entire hunting career he had not come cross such a large, magnificent, or well proportionated animal" (Divyabhanusinh, 2005), which shows that it was an exceptional specimen. The male of 222 kg (estimated at c.240 kg with its entrails) will be big but not exceptional compared with the tigers in the area or the lions in Africa. So, based in the avialable data, we can't conclude that they were larger than the tigers, and in fact about the same size than some African populations.
All the lions in the entire Asian area were overhunted, there is no mystery. Besides, the populations in the desertic areas were probably not as high as we may thinkg. In fact, the reason why the old tales speak of lion attacks may be explained by the fact that lions lived near the human settelments searching for food in arid areas. So, no big mystery at the end, just human intervention and probably also climate change, we can't exclude it.
You were saying that Asiatic lions were smaller from measuring weight. How about comparing other measurements beisdes weight? Which one is bigger cats? Don't forget African lions, barbary lions and cape lions.
I heard lion is the second largest cats all the time. I always notice that male lions looks bigger than other cats in sanctuary, circus, and zoo when they are next to other cats. Why lion is considered as the second biggest cat after lion looks bigger than any other cats. They are lighter in weight, and people are making them as the second biggest?