European Cave Lion (coalition of 2) vs. Cave Hyenas (8)

[dinosauria101]

European Cave Lion (coalition of 2) - Panthera spelaea

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Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Length: 2.3 meters
Mass: 220 kg
Diet: Large herbivores
Age and Location: 2 million-600,000 years ago, Pleistocene, Europe and Russia
Weapons: Precision oriented jaws, manual claws, pedal claws
Diverged from P. leo 1.89 million years ago; status as a distinct species is supported by mitogenomics (Barnett et al., 2016). Thought to have preyed on juvenile cave bears.

Cave Hyena (clan of 8) - Crocuta crocuta spelaea

Order: Carnivora
Family: Hyaenidae
Length: 1.5 meters
Mass: 88 kg
Weapons: Crushing jaws
A large subspecies of spotted hyena. Lived in Eurasia during the Ice Age.

[6f5e4d]

There's a good reason hyenas dominated the Pleistocene of Europe, their greater numbers here allow them to easily take the lions on despite them being lighter than the bigger predators, plus their jaws are stronger.

[DonaldCengXiongAzuma]

It will be a similar relationship between African lions and spotted hyenas. Cave lions are not as socialble as African lions

[dinosauria101]

Hyenas win this for me as well. The numbers and the strong jaws are a very important factor.