The Java Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)

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Excellent information @peter, thank you very much! Sadly, it seems that V. Mazák did not presented average figures for the smaller tigers, just like he did with the largest ones. It seems that the average figures from J. H. Mazák in 2006 are too small as he excluded the larger skulls just because they didn't have mandibles and were useless for his craniometric comparisons.

It is interesting to see that Mazák mention the large skull of 385 mm reported by Heptner & Sludskii, and concluded that it was unreliable as the other measurements did not match. This also show that this skull could be measured along the curves of the bone, instead of a straight line with calipers. Maybe you could translate it better than I.

@tigerluver, also thank you for the image of the book of Hoogerwerf, in fact I already have it, the full chapter of the tiger, and the past day I try to upload it here, but the page told me that it was "too heavy" and I was unable to put it here.

The problem with those records is that there is no way to know if those were real measurements in the flesh or from skins, leave alone if they were taken over curves or between pegs.

It is interesting to see this record of 185 kg for a Sumatran tiger at 310 cm in total length (over curves in the flesh, or skin?). By the way, the largest Javanese male of 270 cm with the skull of 331 mm is the one that weighed 142 kg. So the larger specimen, with the skull of 349 mm should be larger and heavier, not by much, but definitely a bit more (about 282 cm in total length and c.150-160 kg). Reply