Fossils found in Japan indicate that the local tigers were, like the surviving island subspecies, smaller than the mainland forms.

Tigresses are smaller than the males in each subspecies, although the size difference between male and female tigers tends to be more pronounced in the larger tiger subspecies, with males weighing up to 1. 7 times more than the females.

The endemic Tristan thrush ( Nesocichla eremita ) or starchy occurs on all of the northern islands and each has its own subspecies, with Tristan birds being slightly smaller and duller than those on Nightingale and Inaccessible.

* S. t. jewetti is smaller and darker than the other subspecies.

In winter, the plumage of both sexes is browner than other subspecies, and in summer, the male's black cap is smaller than that of other subspecies.

Two subspecies or ecotypes have been described: the plains bison ( Bison bison bison ), smaller in size and with a more rounded hump, and the wood bison ( Bison bison athabascae ) – the larger of the two and having a taller, square hump.

* Italian wild boar Sus scrofa majori: A subspecies smaller than S. s. scrofa with a higher and wider skull.

* Sus scrofa affinis: This subspecies is smaller than S. s. cristatus and found in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Dingo skull illustrated by Frédéric Cuvier: As is typical in domestic dogs, the dingo's relative brain size is smaller than that of all non-domesticated subspecies of Gray wolf | wolves, being almost identical in size to that of dogs considered Canis lupus familiaris.

The nominate subspecies of this parakeet is 29 cm long on average, with a 48 cm wingspan, and weighs 100 g. Females tend to be 10-20 % smaller but can only be reliably sexed by DNA blood or feather testing.

It is slightly smaller and slightly deeper yellow and more heavily marked in black than those subspecies found on mainland Europe.

It is smaller than the nominate subspecies, and the underside usually has rusty hue.

It is smaller than the nominate subspecies ; females weigh around.

There are two lineages of African subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata in the Americas: actual matrilinial descendants of the original escaped queens and a much smaller number that are African through hybridization.

The remaining Asian subspecies, the relatively large intermedius and mandarinus, and the smaller sowerbyi, also differ in structure and voice, and may represent a third species, the Chinese Blackbird ( T. mandarinus ).

Montane subspecies, such as T. merula maximus have a shorter breeding season, smaller clutches ( 2 – 4 eggs, averaging 2. 86 ), but larger eggs than nominate merula.

The bill is black in the nominate subspecies but pale or yellowish in adults of the smaller Indian ginginianus.

It is the most migratory subspecies, migrating as far as South America, where it overlaps the range of the smaller C. a. aura.

It is larger than the African subspecies, but it has a smaller bill and its plumage is very green-tinted, with little gloss.

It is smaller and less strongly blue than P. p. himalayanus, but its distinctness from the next subspecies has been questioned.

It is a small subspecies with a long and thinner bill, with birds of Groote Eylandt possibly even smaller than mainland birds.

* C. l. canariensis ( Bannerman, 1914 ) of the Canary Islands, is smaller and averages darker than the nominate subspecies.

It is smaller and much paler than the nominate subspecies.

Apart from the three historic lands, Lesser Poland has other smaller regions, such as Podhale and Zagłębie Dąbrowskie.

The project was able to successfully date such features as the Lesser Cursus, Coneybury henge and several other smaller features.

Groups such as the Kulinago of the Lesser Antilles and the Carib and Arawak people of ( what is now ) Venezuela launched effective counter attacks against Spanish bases in the Caribbean, with native-built boats, which were smaller and better suited to the seas around the islands, achieving success on a number of cases at defeating the Spanish ships.

The Lesser Rhea is somewhat smaller as their back is only tall.

The city is situated on the border of historic Upper Silesia and Lesser Poland at the eastern rim of the smaller Cieszyn Silesia region, about south of Katowice.

White-backed Woodpeckers are also larger, while Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers are smaller than immature Great Spotted Woodpeckers.

The Lesser Grey Shrike is a smaller and comparatively short-tailed bird.

The Greater White-fronted Goose is more closely related to the smaller Lesser White-fronted Goose ( A. erythropus ).

Adult Lesser White-fronted Geese, as well as being smaller than White-fronted Geese, have an obvious yellow eye-ring, and the white facial blaze goes up to the crown.

Other plumages resemble those of the smaller Lesser Frigatebird, but have whiter bellies and longer white underwing spurs.

A prime example of this would be in opposing the Lesser Prairie Chicken ( Tympanuchus pallidicinctus ) which differs from the Greater Prairie Chicken in being smaller, lighter, and having less distinct barring, to the heath hen, which was smaller, darker, and had more distinct barring.

The Antilles are divided into two major groups: the " Greater Antilles " to the north and west, including the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola ( Haiti and the Dominican Republic ), and Puerto Rico ; and the smaller " Lesser Antilles " on the southeast — comprising the northerly Leeward Islands, the southeasterly Windward Islands, and the Leeward Antilles just north of Venezuela.

The Lesser Black-backed is also distinctly smaller, with different bare part coloration.

The Lesser Black-backed Gull measures, across the wings and weighs, with the nominate race averaging slightly smaller than the other two subspecies.

The Lesser is a much smaller bird, with slimmer build, yellow rather than pinkish legs, and smaller white " mirrors " at the wing tips.

Its closest relative is the Lesser Yellowlegs, a much smaller bird with a very different appearance apart from the fine, clear, and dense pattern of the neck, which both species show in breeding plumage.

The Greater Yellowlegs ( Tringa melanoleuca ) is a large North American shorebird, similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs.

The Lesser Kestrel is, as the name implies, a smaller and more delicate bird than the Common Kestrel, and it is entirely sympatric in its breeding range with it ; they compete to a limited extent.

The Lesser Nighthawk is a smaller bird and displays more buffy on the undertail coverts, where the Common Nighthawk shows white.

Size is one of the factors distinguishing a Lesser Sand Plover from a Greater of the species with the Lesser Sand Plover being slightly smaller.

James's Flamingo is smaller than the Andean Flamingo, and is about the same size as the Old World species, the Lesser Flamingo.