Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia

[Dr Panthera]

(05-07-2014, 07:16 PM)TheLioness Wrote: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...Krsfozz7lA

Weights are different between north and south kruger lions.


Adult females south 118.37kg vs north 143.52kg.
Adult males south 186.55kg vs north 200.01kg.

 

Dr Dewalt Kleet ( a veterinarian) and Dr Funston a biologist participated with others in a workshop about bovine tuberculosis in the Kruger lions. It is a great read if you have medical background and have the time to read the 85 page document.
Healthy adult lions ( 4-8 years of age) from the north sector ( north of the Oliphant river) weighed 200 kg for males and 143.5 kg for females ( total 16 animals)...the north sectors have less prey than south but there is less infections of tuberculosis and despite that the northern lions weighed more than the healthy southern lions males 186.6 kg and females 118.4 kg ( total 11 animals).
Male to female ratio was 1:1.75 in the north but 1:1 in the south, the abundance of young male lions in the south created larger coalitions. Reply