Wanhsien tiger ~

[tigerluver]

(02-03-2022, 02:32 AM)tostwear Wrote: Hello first of all @GuateGojira  @tigerluver 
I will ask you a few questions.

• Is it true that the Alaskan Tiger is Panthera Tigris Acutidens?
• How many mm is the largest skull of Panthera Tigris Acutidens (Wanhsien tiger)?
• What is the maximum weight of Panthera Tigris Acutidens? (from the largest skull)
  

I will be glad if you answer my questions.

I am in agreeance with @GrizzlyClaws and @GuateGojira for the most part. Things to add:

1. As @GrizzlyClaws mentioned, P. t. acutidens is quite archaic and the tigers that may have been on Alaska are quite recent. At this time, we don't have any concrete evidence of the tiger making it to Alaska as @GuateGojira explained.

2. The 42 mm P4 is the largest specimen. If we use large subspecies of tiger as reference, the skull would be around 380-430 mm. Unfortunately dentition are very variable so the size estimate range is wide.

3. The Legendre and Roth (1988) are poor predictors for tiger weight and dentition in themselves are not very reliable. Nonetheless, the aforementioned skull length range would result in a mass range of 250-350 kg. Reply