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05-01-2015, 01:16 AM( This post was last modified: 05-01-2015, 01:37 AM by Amnon242 )
(05-01-2015, 12:49 AM)'sanjay' Wrote: I can't say much about it. I believe on your word more than mine, Since you have seen them.
But on seeing Amur tigers from herbin and some other places, I think they may be heavier than 215, may be 230-240 kg range.
May be it is just illusion and they look more taller, longer and thicker but their weight may be under 215 kg.
In fact Guate and Kingtheropod made a research on captive amurs and they both concluded that captive amur average is somewhat over 220 kg. But its good to be conservative...I think that 210-220 (or lets say 215 kg) could be closer to reality. We should remember that some captive specimen are obese.
I have seen perhaps 30 or more amurs in my life...tall and lean (elegant) as well as bear-like monsters. They were usually in 200-250 kg range. I have seen also a 220 kg (weighted) white bengal, no fat, just pure muscle. Very impressive cat...
Yes, we know that some captive and non-obese amurs are in 300 kg range, showing what is the potential size of these animals...but I have not seen a tiger like that so far...