Size of Okavango Delta Lions and Lionesses

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(02-01-2016, 02:52 AM)Polar Wrote: What about the 272 (or was it 280?) kg lion from Timbawati? Was it proven adjusted for stomach content or not?

Timbawati lions do come in larger sizes than the rest of P. leo nubica (East African Lion) subspecies, tying in with the Ngorongoro population.

There were conflicting emails on whether it was weighed or not and adjusted or not, one of the women on site during the capture says the lion was estimated and another later says it was weighed. The fact that no measurements were actually given also makes it hard to know if it was weighed or not. Same with Koch's lion, its easy to say something is 280kg but the measurements don't lie. We are able to look at girth of limbs, neck and chest, body length and height and then we're able to see if its even possible to obtain that weight from the measurements given.

In regards to Timbawati lions, you would need verified weights to come to that conclusion and same with the crater population. Crater lions are heavyweight versions of serengetti lions who are said to be fairly averaged sized lions so is their extra mass enough to take them over the top and be the largest lions today?
I don't know, but the dr. said that the trophy hunting records show them to be normal sized but I am waiting for his response so we can take a look at these trophies records our selves. Reply