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Post by tyrannosaurs on Nov 6, 2021 14:54:39 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Dec 22, 2021 21:41:44 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on Dec 30, 2021 6:23:57 GMT -5
Book:- Bears of the North: A year inside their worlds
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Post by Gorilla king on Jan 9, 2022 13:03:04 GMT -5
MORPHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS OF LEOPARDS FROM THE PHINDA-MKHUZE-COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA.
10 MALES OF 4-6 YEARS AVERAGED 66.10 KG (146 LBS), RANGE 56-79 KG (123-174 LBS)
4 MALES OF 27 YEARS AVERAGED 72.25 KG (159 LBS), RANGE 69-75 KG (152-165 LBS) www.researchgate.net/publication/293981062_Table_S3
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Post by Gorilla king on Nov 12, 2022 10:22:20 GMT -5
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Nov 12, 2022 21:45:25 GMT -5
/\ all animals have their fat content increase when pregnant including humans.
Anyway, the lion has less fat than a brown bear especially during hibernation period for the latter due to climate as well.
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Post by Gorilla king on Nov 26, 2022 6:59:11 GMT -5
Muscular anatomy of the forelimb of tiger (Panthera tigris)
Abstract
Dissection reports of large cats (family Felidae) have been published since the late 19th century. These reports generally describe the findings in words, show drawings of the dissection, and usually include some masses of muscles, but often neglect to provide muscle maps showing the precise location of bony origins and insertions. Although these early reports can be highly useful, the absence of visual depictions of muscle attachment sites makes it difficult to compare muscle origins and insertions in living taxa and especially to reconstruct muscle attachments in fossil taxa. Recently, more muscle maps have been published in the primary literature, but those for large cats are still limited. Here, we describe the muscular anatomy of the forelimb of the tiger (Panthera tigris), and compare muscle origins, insertions, and relative muscle masses to other felids to identify differences that may reflect functional adaptations. Our results reiterate the conservative nature of felid anatomy across body sizes and behavioral categories. We find that pantherines have relatively smaller shoulder muscle masses, and relatively larger muscles of the caudal brachium, pronators, and su-pinators than felines. The muscular anatomy of the tiger shows several modifications that may reflect an adaptation to terrestrial locomotion and a preference for large prey. These include in general a relatively large m. supraspinatus (shoulder flexion), an expanded origin for m. triceps brachii caput longum, and relatively large m. triceps brachii caput laterale (elbow extension), as well as relatively large mm. brachioradialis, abductor digiti I longus, and abductor digiti V. Muscle groups that are well developed in scansorial taxa are not well developed in the tiger, including muscles of the cranial compartment of the brachium and antebrachium, and m. anconeus. Overall, the musculature of the tiger strongly resembles that of the lion (Panthera leo), another large-bodied terrestrial large-prey specialist.
www.researchgate.net/publication/358279511_Muscular_anatomy_of_the_forelimb_of_tiger_Panthera_tigris
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Dec 28, 2022 2:49:16 GMT -5
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Post by Gorilla king on Feb 7, 2023 19:07:40 GMT -5
The Bear Family
Abstract
Bear has the strongest sense of smell in carnivores, which is 700 times greater than dogs. This chapter provides a description of taxonomy, type of dentition, number of teeth, dental formula, and skull and dental anatomy of big bears. The bears covered are American black bear, cinnamon bear, grizzly bear, Himalayan bear, Kodiak bear, polar bear, spectacled bear, and sun bear. Designed as a practical resource for treating exotic animals, the chapter is filled with instructive photographs and illustrations. Written for zoo and wildlife caretakers and veterinarians, veterinary dentists, veterinary technicians, and veterinary students, it is a practical resource that has information for the dental care of a wide range of animal species that are all too often neglected. This chapter provides a short description of the taxonomy, type of dentition, number of teeth, dental formula, and unique dental anatomy of one of the small bears, i.e. sloth bear. The sloth bear is omnivorous, which shares the features of insectivorous mammals. Designed as a practical resource for treating exotic animals, the chapter contains an instructive photograph of sloth bear. Written for zoo and wildlife caretakers and veterinarians, veterinary dentists, veterinary technicians, and veterinary students, it is a practical resource that has information for the dental care of a wide range of animal species that are all too often neglected.
www.researchgate.net/publication/350212792_The_Bear_Family
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