Kodiak bear
An average adult male measures in length, and stands tall at the shoulder. The largest recorded wild male weighed , and had a hind foot measurement of . A large male Kodiak bear stands up to tall at the shoulder, when it is standing on all four legs. When standing fully upright on its hind legs, a large male could reach a height of . The largest verified size for a captive Kodiak bear was for a specimen that lived at the Dakota Zoo in Bismarck, North Dakota. Nicknamed "Clyde," he weighed when he died in June 1987 at the age of 22. According to zoo director Terry Lincoln, Clyde probably weighed close to a year earlier. He still had a fat layer of when he died.
American lion
The American lion is estimated to have measured from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail and stood at the shoulder. Thus, it was smaller than its contemporary competitor, the giant short-faced bear, which was the largest carnivoran of North America at the time, and larger than the saber-toothed cat, "Smilodon fatalis", which may have weighed up to . In 2008, the American lion was estimated to weigh up to . A study in 2009 showed an average weight of for males and for the largest specimen analyzed. A study in 2012 estimated a range of for males and for females, which suggests that the lion was heavier than "Smilodon".