Estimating Male size based off the Female

[tigerluver]

I see, so I have to retract my statement about Amurs being more lightly built. That also explains why the STP males were so much lighter than my between peg regression estimates were giving. 

Now scaling from the STP tigers with the corrected length of 185 cm and still the same average mass gives a mass of 270 kg for the Duisburg male. Seems much more realistic to me, considering <210 cm Bengal tigers have been recorded a handful of times to get over 270 kg. 

Were the STP heights measured over curves as well?

Answering a question I think @Pckts asked somewhere, I've noticed height does not correlate with mass as well as length or girth. Often time taller tigers are more leg than body, and legs don't carry that much mass. This obviously is not always the case, but enough specimens show the tall and lanky trait to skew equations. Limb girth is also too isolated to a specific part of the body to produce an estimate as length or chest girth, but is still okay as thicker arms should usually be on the heftier males.

I'd like to discuss the aforementioned Amur records some more. I think I'll meet you in the "Edge of extinction" thread to keep this topic on point.

I'll get to the request tomorrow. A bit satisfying that this little exploration of mine is producing something of value to others. Reply