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A separate study found American lions were more sexually dimorphic than modern lions in terms of size: American lion males being 1.4 times larger than females, compared to modern male lions being 1.26 times larger. [27] In 2008, the American lion was estimated to weigh up to 420 kg (930 lb).
The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail.
The Gir lion is similar in size to the Central African lion, [3] and smaller than large African lions. [29] An adult male Asiatic lion weighs 160.1 kg (353 lb) on average with the limit being 190 kg (420 lb); a wild female weighs 100 to 130 kg (220 to 285 lb).
Sea lion attacks on humans are rare, but when humans come within approximately 2.5 meters (8 ft), it can be very unsafe. [26] In a highly unusual attack in 2007 in Western Australia , a sea lion leapt from the water and seriously mauled a 13-year-old girl surfing behind a speedboat.
Brain size usually increases with body size in animals (i.e. large animals usually have larger brains than smaller animals); [4] the relationship is not, however, linear. Small mammals such as mice may have a brain/body ratio similar to humans, while elephants have a comparatively lower brain/body ratio. [4] [5]
Scale bar = 10 cm Size comparison of Middle Pleistocene Panthera fossilis and Late Pleistocene Panthera spelaea compared to a human. Early members of the cave lion lineage assigned to Panthera fossilis during the Middle Pleistocene were considerably larger than individuals of P. spelaea from the Last Glacial Period and modern lions, with some ...
The history of lion–tiger hybrids dates to at least the early 19th century in India. In 1798, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844) made a colour plate of the offspring of a lion and a tiger. The name "liger", a portmanteau of lion and tiger, was coined by the 1930s. [4] "Ligress" is used to refer to a female liger, on the model of ...
It is an anthropomorphic figurine combining a human-like body with the head of a cave lion. Determined by carbon dating of the layer in which it was found to be between 35,000 and 41,000 years old, it is one of the oldest-known examples of an artistic representation and the oldest confirmed statue ever discovered. [ 1 ]