Post by Cross on Dec 14, 2016 11:16:52 GMT 5
Panthera leo (African lion)
From National Geographic :
"Lions are the only cats that live in groups, which are called prides. Prides are family units that may include up to three males, a dozen or so females, and their young. All of a pride's lionesses are related, and female cubs typically stay with the group as they age. Young males eventually leave and establish their own prides by taking over a group headed by another male."
From Wikipedia :
"The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies in Africa. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight,[4] it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in India (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park). In ancient historic times, their range was in most of Africa, including North Africa, and across Eurasia from Greece and southeastern Europe to India. In the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans: Panthera leo spelaea lived in northern and western Europe and Panthera leo atrox lived in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru.[5] The lion is classified as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), having seen a major population decline in its African range of 30–50% per two decades during the second half of the twentieth century.[2] Lion populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are the greatest causes of concern. Within Africa, the West African lion population is particularly endangered."
Titanis walleri
Illustration by Jonathan Kuo.
Titanis walleri is a giant phorurhacine phorusrhacid endemic to North America during the Pliocene. Phorusrhacids show adaptations for cranial kinesis in their skulls as shown in Andalgalornis steuletti (Degrange et al. 2010) that permit powerful and sudden dorsoventral and anteroposterior striking motions with the craniocervical region.
Titanis walleri has its mass stated at 150 kilograms by Wikipedia but scaling from a 1.4 meter, 40 kilogram Andalgalornis gives 227 kilograms for a 2.5 meter tall Titanis.
From National Geographic :
"Lions are the only cats that live in groups, which are called prides. Prides are family units that may include up to three males, a dozen or so females, and their young. All of a pride's lionesses are related, and female cubs typically stay with the group as they age. Young males eventually leave and establish their own prides by taking over a group headed by another male."
From Wikipedia :
"The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies in Africa. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight,[4] it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in India (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park). In ancient historic times, their range was in most of Africa, including North Africa, and across Eurasia from Greece and southeastern Europe to India. In the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans: Panthera leo spelaea lived in northern and western Europe and Panthera leo atrox lived in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru.[5] The lion is classified as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), having seen a major population decline in its African range of 30–50% per two decades during the second half of the twentieth century.[2] Lion populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are the greatest causes of concern. Within Africa, the West African lion population is particularly endangered."
Titanis walleri
Illustration by Jonathan Kuo.
Titanis walleri is a giant phorurhacine phorusrhacid endemic to North America during the Pliocene. Phorusrhacids show adaptations for cranial kinesis in their skulls as shown in Andalgalornis steuletti (Degrange et al. 2010) that permit powerful and sudden dorsoventral and anteroposterior striking motions with the craniocervical region.
Titanis walleri has its mass stated at 150 kilograms by Wikipedia but scaling from a 1.4 meter, 40 kilogram Andalgalornis gives 227 kilograms for a 2.5 meter tall Titanis.
