The tiger is bigger than the lion. The full grown male Indian tiger may be said to measure from 9ft to 12ft in length, though it sometimes attains a length of'lsft in different varieties. An adult African male lion is about 10ft in length; height at shoulders, 3ft Sin. Lions have been known to reach a length Of 13ft. The strength of the lion in the fore limbs is only 69.9 per cent of that, of the tiger, and the hind limbs 65.0 per cent. Five men can easily hold a lion, but nine are required to hold a tig®- -
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 2, 3 January 1931, Page 9
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