ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

[peter]

Well done, Pod. Based on what I have, heard and saw, I'd say 213,5 kg. (471 pounds) for an average captive male Amur tiger could be about right. My guess would have been between 450-500 pounds and a bit closer to 450, say 460-475 pounds. Sample size also ok.

I noticed you didn't include a few very large tigers. I can understand Baikal (no solid confirmation about his alleged size anywhere), but the tigers in the Slovak facility were large animals. Maybe Amnon is able to find out a bit more about these tigers. Same for those living in the Prague Zoo.

As to the two male Amur tigers I posted about in 2013. The one I weighed was 185,5 kg. at 194 cm. in head and body, but you have to remember this was a few weeks after seven weeks of near-starvation. In good health, he would have been 190-195 kg. (420-430 pounds). The other male was weighed at Schiphol Airport quite some years after I had measured him. Well over his prime, he wasn't 213, but 211 kg. (466 pounds).

This is one of the Amur tigers in the Slovak facility:

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