Is this african or asiatic lion?

[Sakobav]

Looks like Bhupinder Singh of Patiala but is that African or Asiatic lion?....why would this chap be in three piece suit hunting lions !!
http://www.citizenbrooklyn.com/topics/s ... ods-oh-my/

[timmy]

My vote is for Asiatic.

[Mack The Knife]

Looks like Bhupinder Singh of Patiala but is that African or Asiatic lion?....why would this chap be in three piece suit hunting lions !!

Based on the foliage in the background, the lion was probably shot in India.

As for the sartorial elegance, he was most probably shooting rather than hunting.

[prashantsingh]

Looks like an Asiatic lion.
In general the Asiatic lion has a smaller mane when compared to the African Lion.
But this is not always true.The Tsavo maneating lions (though male) did not sport a mane.

[brihacharan]

Looks like an Asiatic lion.
In general the Asiatic lion has a smaller mane when compared to the African Lion. Briha
But this is not always true.The Tsavo maneating lions (though male) did not sport a mane.

> The African species have bushier mane and are comparatively heavier in built.
> Their mane are darker at the roots close to their forehead & ears as compared to the Asiatic variety.
> But again the 'Tsavo' meneaters were an exception!
> Yes the lion in the pic most likely is an Asiatic one.
Briha

[Hammerhead]

Looks like Bhupinder Singh of Patiala but is that African or Asiatic lion?....

why would this chap be in three piece suit hunting lions !!

As for the sartorial elegance, he was most probably shooting rather than hunting.

A suit and tie, double barrel rifle, no slings to carry, a camera personal, Asiatic or African I say poor lion - Haji

[essdee1972]

On the mane, size, etc. my vote is Asiatic. The Tsavo lions belonged to a local variant, where the males are also maneless.

This is how they used to "hunt" in those days. And obviously, being a Maharajah, he had professional hunters, beaters, etc. etc., and he could be busy making the perfect four-in-hand on that tie, till the time his bearer pointed out the lion, and handed him the gun! Or maybe the shot was taken by someone else and he only posed?

Anyway, one expects a Maharajah to know that when sitting, even on a dead lion, a suit jacket is supposed to be unbuttoned - or didn't they have this rule in the 30s?

Another thing - going by the relative sizes, the lion would have died even if this Maharajah would have sat on him!!! Yes, Haji, poor lion!

But I liked the article: India, the land of tigers, elephant gods, snake charmers, rope trick......

[dr.jayakumar]

it is an asiatic lion,it is smaller,mane is thinner,this is what i could make out.but there is more.
http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... 4429,d.bmk
regards
dr.jk

[BowMan]

Poor Lion, did he die of the gun or he got squashed under all that heavy weight???

[Vikram]

You guys talking about the lion having been quashed many not know a lot about Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. He weighed closer to 200 KG at his peak. By that measure, he is very trim in this photo! His appetites, carnivorous and carnal , were said to be phenomenal.


Best-
Vikram

[Pradyumna]

Yes.. Sir Bhupinder Singh used to finish a full tandoori chicken with his cup of coffee as the after- noon snacks.

[shooter]

Asiatic; says so in the website pic description, size of the lion, mane, background etc.
A representative specimen for Indian Lion.