ogygia, the most richly represented and best known carnivore from Batallones-1, we attempt to infer some aspects of the behaviour and ecology of this early sabre-toothed cat, such as breeding behaviour, the degree of social interaction between individuals, sexual dimorphism, preferred habitat and prey size. Focusing our study on the small species, Par. This has allowed, for the first time, complete studies of the biomechanics and comparative anatomy of these animals. The Late Miocene (Late Vallesian, MN 10, about 9 Mya) carnivore trap of Batallones-1 (Madrid, Spain) has yielded a large sample of two species of sabre-toothed cats: the puma-sized Paramachairodus ogygia and the tiger-sized Machairodus aphanistus. Keywords: white lion, colour variant, leucism, hunting success, Greater Kruger Park.
We suggest therefore that the hunting behaviour of white lions be studied under fully free-roaming conditions. Conclusions: White lions are capable of hunting self-sufficiently under managed free-roaming conditions in a small fenced area, suggesting that white coat colour does not prevent free-roaming white lions from hunting successfully in their natural habitat. Results: There was no significant difference between the mean kill rate or mean consumption rate of the two white lion groups and: (i) the tawny lion group in the same study area, (ii) wild tawny lions at the Madjuma Lion Reserve (MLR), Karongwe Game Reserve (KGR), Welgevonden Game Reserve (WGR), Makalali Game Reserve (MGR) and the Associated Private Nature Reserves (APNR) in South Africa. All kill data were then compared to that of wild tawny lions in other small wildlife reserves in South Africa. Wild tawny lions were released into the study area and their hunting success recorded. Prey density, availability of preferred prey and habitat type were similar to that of the white lions’ natural habitat of Timbavati Private Nature Reserve. Two separate groups of white lions were rewilded and their hunting success evaluated. This hypothesis was investigated under managed free-roaming conditions in two fenced areas since no adult white lions existed in the wild at the time. It has been suggested that white coat colour prevents free-roaming lions from hunting successfully and therefore surviving in the wild. Although white cubs were born in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve in 2006, 2009, 2011, and 2014, and in southern Kruger National Park in 20, no adult animals had been seen since 1994.
White lions are a rare colour variant of the African lion, Panthera leo, that only occurred in the wild in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve and southern Kruger National Park, South Africa. Background: Coat colour variation has been recorded in several mammalian taxa, including large felid species.
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