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2 summaries matching “felids” in Physiology & Anatomy on lion
Bite club: comparative bite force in big biting mammals
PaperThis influential comparative study estimated bite forces across a broad range of living and extinct mammalian carnivores using dry-skull dissection methods and lever modelling, then scaled the results…
Wroe, S.; McHenry, C.; Thomason, J. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B · 2005
Research overview: scaling of jump height with body size across felids
OverviewSmall cats seem to out-jump big cats relative to their size, and this overview reviews how jumping ability scales across the felid family. Physical principles predict that absolute jump height does no…