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(05-29-2020, 01:56 AM)Dr Panthera Wrote: Asad posted a great collection of large lion prey.
To summarize:
African male lion: Juvenile elephants ( up to 2000 kg) , giraffe bulls ( 1000-1900 kg) .
Asiatic male lion : Domestic buffalo ( 300 to 600 kg ) , nilgai bulls and sambar stags.
Amur tiger : Manchurian moose ( 260-300 kg...note smaller than Alaskan/Canadian moose ) , domestic animals including oxen and horses.
Sumatran tiger : Domestic animals and sambar stags ( circa 150 kg in Sumatra , smaller than mainland sambars )
South Asian tiger ( Singapore to Sariska ) Gaur bulls ( 600-941 kg ) , banteng bulls ( 600 to 800 kg ), elephant calves.
There are several issues on this. There are reports of tigers killing young elephants of about 2 tons too, and also the reports of adults rhinos, why to ignore that?
Also, note that none of all those animales reported was actually weighed, there is no information about the weight of those adult giraffes or elephant subadults. The only prey animals that were actually weighed are those from Nagarahole (up to 1000 kg). This means that we can be sure about the maximum weight of the prey killed only in this study. All the others are estimations and guess.
Maximum size of prey that a single male lion or tiger can kill
