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12-25-2017, 04:19 PM

Black and white is the snow leopard, yellow is leopard.


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12-25-2017, 04:28 PM

Leopard

The above is the length, and the bottom is the width.

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12-25-2017, 04:31 PM

African lion


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12-25-2017, 04:33 PM

African lion


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12-25-2017, 04:35 PM

African lion


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12-25-2017, 04:43 PM

Tiger


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12-25-2017, 04:44 PM

Tiger


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12-25-2017, 04:56 PM

Tiger


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12-25-2017, 04:59 PM

Tiger


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12-25-2017, 08:40 PM

(12-25-2017, 04:28 PM)Betty Wrote: Leopard

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Too small even for leopard, maybe lynx?
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12-25-2017, 08:40 PM

(12-25-2017, 04:59 PM)Betty Wrote: Tiger


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This one looks lion, but I could be wrong though.
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12-25-2017, 08:54 PM

About #712: narrow bottom of the fang... I woulds say lion rather than tiger (wider bottom). IMO
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12-25-2017, 10:30 PM ( This post was last modified: 12-25-2017, 10:32 PM by GrizzlyClaws )

(12-25-2017, 08:54 PM)Spalea Wrote: About #712: narrow bottom of the fang... I woulds say lion rather than tiger (wider bottom). IMO

Yep, although some lion fangs are more robust than tiger fangs, but their proportionally narrow root is still distinguishable.



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12-25-2017, 10:50 PM ( This post was last modified: 12-25-2017, 10:52 PM by GrizzlyClaws )

(12-24-2017, 05:48 PM)Betty Wrote: Tiger


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This one has also been slightly stretched according to a veteran collector.

It is likely that 7 cm is the absolutely ceiling for the big cat claws, even the specimens above 300 kg would only reach this magnitude, since their claws are retractable, and overgrown claws would only damage their paws.

I would say that the longest claws for both lion and tiger are 7 cm at maximum, but 5-6 cm is much more common though.
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12-26-2017, 11:22 PM

African Lion Claw


Length: measured at the outer curvature 8.6 cm 

Length approx. 5.0 cm 

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