Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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(12-30-2015, 06:28 AM)Dr Panthera Wrote: Lions and tigers being very similar in morphology and ecology may lose up to 20% of body mass per year when they enter old age ( over ten years of age) , more drastic weight loss is likely to be due to injury or disease, this tiger was not old so it is unusual to drop from say 250kg to 180 in a few months is due to disease or injury.
I know of an old lion who was evicted at age 10 from a pride in Kruger when he was around 222 kg he died at age 14 and his mass was estimated at 102 kg so old animals can lose condition quickly but not young or prime aged animals.

The old individuals in the wild always turned into bone and skin, but I guess in the captivity they won't lose the weight so quickly as in the wild. Reply