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Lions in West-Africa

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Here is a pdf about lion research in Cameroon and Benin. Includes weight measurements 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237460075_Progress_report_-_collaring_operation_Pendjari_Lion_Project_Benin_Funded_by_the_Dutch_Zoo_Conservation_Fund
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Here are some more pictures


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(01-20-2019, 05:43 PM)Lycaon Wrote: Here is a pdf about lion research in Cameroon and Benin. Includes weight measurements 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237460075_Progress_report_-_collaring_operation_Pendjari_Lion_Project_Benin_Funded_by_the_Dutch_Zoo_Conservation_Fund

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Do you have complete information of measurements and weight of Lions estudied? It would be very good to see It here in the Forum
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@epaiva 
 I am still looking for it
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Here is a west african with elephant calf kill


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And a group of lions hunting roan antelope 


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Another selection of senegalensis. Credits to oebenin


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@Lycaon : Among your photos, no one black-maned lion. Are they really very scarce in West-Africa ?

After all, it could be an adaptation towards the commune landscapes in this part of the continent. May be too, they did exist during periods that they were much more abundant than now. What do you think about ?
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@Spalea 

I have seen photos of west african lions with only a few black hairs. 
The older depictions of them showed them with much bigger manes.


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Even in the past they were not shown to have black manes. I do believe it is a adaptation to the extreme heat in the Sahel.
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(01-22-2019, 01:15 AM)Lycaon Wrote: @Spalea 

I have seen photos of west african lions with only a few black hairs. 
The older depictions of them showed them with much bigger manes.


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Even in the past they were not shown to have black manes. I do believe it is a adaptation to the extreme heat in the Sahel.


They are closely related to the historical lions from Europe and Asia, also the famous Barbary lion.

This subspecies of lion was generally believed to have higher frequency to produce the black maned specimens than the more commonly known Sub-Saharan African lions.
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Which is why it is interesting that they never had black manes. Also interesting that they never had particularly lush manes.
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This image is somewhat small but shows a senegalensis with a buffalo kill


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This is this closets to black mane 


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This picture is a male smiling 


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(01-22-2019, 01:41 AM)Lycaon Wrote: Which is why it is interesting that they never had black manes. Also interesting that they never had particularly lush manes.

The lush black manes were mostly grown in the relatively colder area.

That's why the Gir lions mostly got sparse manes, but their close relatives from Europe/Asia/North Africa had a quite opposite in term of appearance.
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(01-22-2019, 02:03 AM)Lycaon Wrote: This image is somewhat small but shows a senegalensis with a buffalo kill


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This is this closets to black mane 


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This picture is a male smiling 


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In the hot warm area, they look almost identical to the Gir lions.

In the colder area, they would have looked like the Barbary lions.

Their physical traits would vary over different environments, but the gene is the same.
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@GrizzlyClaws 

Indeed they do, but for me they still have normal looking faces. The gir lions for me still have strange faces which is probably due to inbreeding. 

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Pdf on lion conservation in and around waza national park. Includes measurements 

 http://www.rocal-lion.org/documents/engl...sbauer.pdf
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