Skulls, Skeletons, Canines & Claws

[peter]

(07-18-2024, 06:32 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: @tigerluver @peter 

A big cat canine tooth from Manchuria, and it does look comparable to a large male Amur tiger, but the canine root is a bit thinner compared to tiger's canine root.

Maybe a Cave lion/Panthera spelaea?

144 mm long and weighed 150.7 grams

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GRIZZLY

Some years ago, in the tiger extinction thread, a study about bones found in a number of caves in the Russian Far East was discussed quite extensively. It seems cave lions roamed in that part of the world about 40,000-50,000 years ago. Although smaller than their relatives elsewhere, they were still larger than the tigers that succeeded them. In the study, Baryshnikov compared both big cats. His remarks about the teeth of both are interesting. Reply