LION 491 
8 inches at the shoulder have been recorded in African specimens (the 
larger measurement by Mr. Selous), and 3 feet 6 inches in an Indian 
example (by Gen. W. Rice). Mr. Selous killed an African lion weigh- 
ing 500 lbs.; and between 400 and 500 Ibs. may be taken as the 
average weight. Wild lions seldom develop such enormous manes as 
menagerie examples. 
A lion’s skull may be easily recognised when placed beside that of 
a tiger by the fact that in the former the terminations of the sutures 
dividing the frontal from the nasal and maxillary (jaw) bones are 
situated nearly in the same transverse line, while in the latter 
the nasal bones extend much farther back than the maxillary. More- 
over, the lower jaw of a lion will stand much flatter on a table than 
that of a tiger. 
Distribution-—In modern times Africa from Algeria to the Cape, 
Mesopotamia on the west flanks of the Zagros range, Persia south 
of Shiraz, and India in the districts of Kathiawar, Sind, the Central 
Provinces, and Bundelcund. Now rare in India, where it is con- 
fined to the Gir Forest in Kathiawar. 
OWNER’S MEASUREMENTS. 
Skin measure- Gath 
ment from tip Height at Girth of F Tet 
of nose to tip shoulder. forearm. behind Weight. 
of tail. 
p Length from 
nose to root 
of tail. 
Total lengt 
before skinning. Locality. 
shoulder. 
