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(11-01-2024, 02:27 AM)drumiz Wrote: In relation to claws of large felids,
Does anyone know available data on the size and shape variation of the claws of one single individual cat?
Are dew claws always the largest ones? This is clear in the puma and the cheetah (just in case, in the Bone Clones sample picture [https://paoloviscardi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/claws.jpg] the labels for Cheetah's dew and front claws are wrongly reversed, but corrected in other versions of the add).
Do jaguar, lion or tiger also show larger dew claws as in puma?
Is it possible to identify by shape and size the position of an isolated claw (attached to its bone), as coming from the front or hind paw, # I, II, III, IV or V; and from the right or left side?
Thanks a lot, I appreciate all your help.
Hi Drumiz,
Contact our mod 'GrizzlyClaws'. He's your man. You can also visit the threads he created. Some have detailed information about about the claw length of a number of big cat species.
