Maximum size of prey that a single male lion or tiger can kill

[Pckts]

(04-18-2020, 09:59 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(04-18-2020, 09:47 AM)Pckts Wrote: The Sauraha male has a 197 cm body, did you use a different Tiger?
Also which one had a 114cm shoulder height?
Also, is the Gaurs dimensions you used have a weight attached?
If so, was the 1106kg or a different amount?

Thanks for doing it btw.

Yes, Sauraha was 197 cm in head-body, but we must take in count that the biggest tiger ever recorded was of 221 cm in head-body "between pegs" (Brander, 1927).

The shoulder height of 114 cm came from two tigers, one measured by the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and the other from Mr Fred Shillingford, both taken "between pegs". The tallest tiger recorded by Brander was of 112 cm.

Some of them had, but only shoulder heights, and other only horn spread. For example, the heaviest bull recorded (2438 lb - 1106 kg) only shows a the horn spread, which was of 36 inches (91.4 cm), but no other measurement was available. It seems that only the Maharaha of Cooch Behar measured his animals but he did not weighed them.

That's essentially a combination of the longest and tallest Tigers in history compared to Gaur we can estimate of around 1100kg based off a combination of horn spread/weight and body dimensions from the Maharaja of Cooch Behar.
But unfortunately we dont know what those body dimensions actually convert to in body weight so it's a bit of a mish mosh all around. Still very much appreciated though.

Something to note, you posted the largest Kanha bull said to have been killed with a horn spread of 24", this bull above will have a spread of 12" more than that one.
Now I'm not sure the correlation of spread to weight but it's definitely something to keep in mind when thinking about how large a 1000kg Gaur would be.

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