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Modern Weights and Measurements of Wild Lions

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Modern Weights and Measurements of Wild Lions

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09-08-2020, 07:27 AM ( This post was last modified: 09-08-2020, 07:43 AM by Balam )

Here are the body measurements of lions from Etosha national park, gathered by the Africat Hobatere Lion Reasearch Project in 2016. Judging by the high values in areas such as height (especially for Gaob), I'm almost certain that measurements were taken over curves, and for the height, they probably measured it from the paw tip up to the shoulder, rather than from the radius bone:


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EDIT: Looking at earlier pages in this thread it appears as though these measurements had already been discussed, however, the original table had not been posted, so hopefully this can bring more clarity and details.

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