[daku]

I’ve seen them at the Field Museum in Chicago and was surprised at how small they were.

[Bushite]

Here is a pic of the REAL Original Lion Kill:

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/exhibit_sites/tsavo/gallery_photos/z93658.jpg

They obviously made the Taxidermy casts smaller than they were.

[longfellow]

and no manes.

[Shooter 2.5]

The skins were originally used as rugs. The remnants of that were used for the stuffed lions you see today. That was the explanation I was told as to why they look so small. And yes, no manes.

[Non-Sequitur]

Here they are:

Apparently they were both rare male lions without manes.