Size comparisons

[Sanju]

@Luipaard Central African, Lanka (Yala NP) and Persian leopards are from out of the world. If human era didn't start, evolution might had proceeded them to become separate species of giant leopards like lions coz the common thing in these three is where these live, no apex predators are present.

In sri lanka, tiger, lion and cheetah are extinct (about 30 kya) and island insular effect lead to insular giagantism.

In Persia too, recently tiger, lion and cheetah were extinct.

In central congo basin or rain forest, no lions (except in fringes), spotted hyena or bear and cheetahs are present (except in fringes).

These gaps in niches helped them to occupy in those levels to become apex predator from meso predator over these thousands of yrs (not for persian). similar to leopard-lion ancestor evolved to lions (in east africa) and leopards resply. Reply