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(01-25-2022, 10:31 PM)LonePredator Wrote: Which cat was it which was 221cm by the way? Was it an Amur or a Bengal?
Good question, actually in theory, it should be both. But let me tell you.
Officially, the tiger with 221 cm in head-body "straight" is a Bengal one (Brander, 1927). However, Mazák (2013) says that the big Amur tiger killed in Manchuria that measured 330 cm "between pegs" (estimation made by him as the animal was measured "over curves") could had a head-body of up to 225 cm "straight" too. So, "technically" both Amur and Bengal tigers can reach over 220 cm, but "actually recorded" only Bengal tigers reached that size.