<Li> Lions may roam in prides of up to 30 individuals headed by a mature male or group of related males . Male lions are typically either killed or pushed away by incoming male leadership . The majority of single roaming lions tend to be males preparing for maturation and assimilation with a new or existing pride . While male lions are generally larger and stronger than female lions, it is the close - knit female pride alliance that typically hunts and provides for the pride . By contrast, tigers are often solitary, socializing at other times . During mating, a male tiger and tigress would come together, and when together, they would behave more ferociously to other creatures, or even humans, if nearby, but the same would apply to lions . </Li> <P> Lions' skulls rival those of tigers in size or length (Pease, 1913, page 101), with even the largest known skulls of tigers being smaller than the largest known skulls of lions, albeit slightly . Apart from their sizes, the skulls of lions and tigers are generally similar, with there being differences in structural features of the lower jaws, relative lengths of their noses, and the frontal regions . In fact, the skulls of lions, especially from Asia, were so similar to those of tigers that Heptner and Sludskii (1972) argued that the lion was closer to the tiger than to other animals like the leopard and jaguar, unlike what others believed . </P> <Ul> <Li> Skulls of male lions measured 321.0--401.0 mm (12.64--15.79 in) at maximum, 309.0--348.0 mm (12.17--13.70 in) in condylobasal length, and 222.0--256.0 mm (8.74--10.08 in) in zygomatic width . Skulls of lionesses measured 292.0--333.0 mm (11.50--13.11 in), 263.0--291.0 mm (10.35--11.46 in) in condylobasal length, and 188.0--212.0 mm (7.40--8.35 in) in zygomatic width (Roberts, 1959). The record total length was 419.0 mm (16.50 in) (Best et al., 1962). According to Edmund Heller (1914), the Cape lion's skull was at least 1.0 in (25 mm) longer than those of equatorial lions, on average . Skulls of male Asiatic lions measured 330.0--340.0 mm (12.99--13.39 in), and those of Asiatic lionesses measured 292.0--302.0 mm (11.50--11.89 in). </Li> <Li> Skulls of male Amur tigers measured 331.0--383.0 mm (13.03--15.08 in) at maximum, 291.0--342.0 mm (11.46--13.46 in) in condylobasal length, and 220.0--268.0 mm (8.66--10.55 in) in zygomatic width . Skulls of Amur tigresses measured 279.7--310.2 mm (11.01--12.21 in), 252.2--273.4 mm (9.93--10.76 in) in condylobasal length, and 190.0--203.6 mm (7.48--8.02 in) in zygomatic width . A preserved skull in Harbin had a maximum length of 400.0 mm (15.75 in) and zygomatic width of 280.0 mm (11.02 in) (Baikov et al., 1925). </Li> <Li> Skulls of male Caspian tigers measured 297.0--365.8 mm (11.69--14.40 in) at maximum, 259.0--307.9 mm (10.20--12.12 in) in condylobasal length, and 219.0--254.0 mm (8.62--10.00 in) in zygomatic width . Skulls of Caspian tigresses measured 195.7--255.5 mm (7.70--10.06 in), 225.0--263.2 mm (8.86--10.36 in) in condylobasal length, and 183.0--203.2 mm (7.20--8.00 in) in zygomatic width . A Turanian tiger was killed near the Sumbar Darya in the Kopet Dag, on the 10th of January, 1954, and its stuffed skin was put on display in a museum in Ashgabat . Despite being only 2.25 metres (7.4 feet), in terms of body length, it had a greatest skull length of about 385.0 mm (15.16 in), condylobasal length of about 305.0 mm (12.01 in), and zygomatic width of 205.0 mm (8.07 in), making it longer than other known measurements of the Caspian subspecies, and slightly longer than those of the Ussuri subspecies . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Skulls of male lions measured 321.0--401.0 mm (12.64--15.79 in) at maximum, 309.0--348.0 mm (12.17--13.70 in) in condylobasal length, and 222.0--256.0 mm (8.74--10.08 in) in zygomatic width . Skulls of lionesses measured 292.0--333.0 mm (11.50--13.11 in), 263.0--291.0 mm (10.35--11.46 in) in condylobasal length, and 188.0--212.0 mm (7.40--8.35 in) in zygomatic width (Roberts, 1959). The record total length was 419.0 mm (16.50 in) (Best et al., 1962). According to Edmund Heller (1914), the Cape lion's skull was at least 1.0 in (25 mm) longer than those of equatorial lions, on average . Skulls of male Asiatic lions measured 330.0--340.0 mm (12.99--13.39 in), and those of Asiatic lionesses measured 292.0--302.0 mm (11.50--11.89 in). </Li>

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