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What is the weight of the biggest lion?

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African lions are larger than Asiatic lions. Adult malesaverage between 330 and 500 pounds in weight, with mostweighing around 410 pounds. The largest African lion onrecord weighed over 800 pounds.


Then, what is the weight of the lion?

Male: 420 lbs Adult Female: 280 lbs Adult

Also Know, what is the largest lion? The biggest lion ever recorded weighed 827pounds. This lion was almost 10 feet long in length.However; an abnormality (like in humans) can also possibly increasethe lion to this amount of 375 Kg.

Beside this, what big cat weighs most?

The largest big cats in the world The liger is not present in the wild but as thelargest and heaviest cat takes the first place on our list.The second place (in the wild – the first place) takesthe Siberian tiger, the largest specimens can weigh nearly400 kg (880 lb).

Is a liger bigger than a lion?

Therefore; a liger weighs twice more than alion and also it is twice bigger in size as compare tothe lion. In the wild a lion comes only second to atiger in terms of its weight and size. The Siberian Tigers areconsidered as the biggest of all the big cat species who weigharound 600 to 700 pounds.

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