Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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The Ngandong tiger is probably around 120 cm when mounted in anatomical position. It's proximal AP diameter is abnormally long so it may have been proportionately longer. 

The Watualang mandible is 254 mm with the anterior symphysis and coronoid process missing. Probably 260 to 270 mm complete.

P. t. soloensis is probably no longer a taxonomically accurate name as naming conventions evolve, or rather become more strict. You'll notice Hertler et al. don't use anything but P. tigris. From Brongersma:
"The fossil form seems, however, to reach a much greater size than the recent Javanese subspecies, and it is not at all improbable that it will have to be retained as a distinct subspecies, which then should be known as Panthera tigris groeneveldtii (Dubois). Probably the larger specimens described as F. palaeojavanica were the males, the smaller ones described by Von Koenigswald as Felis tigris soloensis females."

Dubois got there first is the general idea behind the above.

The Bornean specimen will likely never get subspecific classification as long as studies keep indicating a recent divergence date of subspecies if any subspecies classification is worth it at all. It is similar to how we loosely classify P. spelaea. Reply