Lions have 3-31/4 inch canines while tigers have it 4 inches. Both lions and tigers came from the same ancestors and might have begun with similar canine size. My reasoning for this is that lions canines evolved for the kinds of meat they are required to deal with. Lions eat tougher meat(bigger animals) more frequently than a tiger. Big cats have to bend sideways and scissor its way into the meat. Bigger canines makes it harded for tougher meat which needs more scissoring.
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Why do tigers have bigger canines than lions even for similar sized cats?
Tigers are slightly larger cats than lions. Also, the tiger is a discendant of the saber tooth tiger with was known for ginormous canines
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