A General Theory of the Size of Tigers

[LonePredator]

(07-07-2022, 08:45 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(07-06-2022, 10:09 PM)LonePredator Wrote: The Col. Ramsay Tiger would have been huge. From the measurements he gave, the head-body length of the Tiger between pegs would have been no less than 231cm.

I believe that the head-body length in straight line is about 95% of the head-body length over the curves and this relation would probably work well in most cases.

Tail is also a good tool, if the tail is at least 30% or more than the total length, then we can make sure that the measurement was between pegs. However this may work with the big tails only, as the smaller ones, like the one of the tiger of Brander, are a rarity but may happen and will provide incorrect values.

Using the tail as a surrogate, I got a head-body of 229 cm "straight", and correcting the measurement with the 20 cm suggested by Mazák I got 231 cm "straight". Certainly, that was a huge tiger of around 230 cm in head-body length "straight"!

For those that don't have the measurements of this tiger, here is the image:

*This image is copyright of its original author

In the same document, the weight of this tiger was estimated at 616 lb (279.4 kg), and based in the measurements it seems that about 280 kg "emtpy" is not out of question, specially when I estimate that the maximum body mass that a modern tiger can get will be around 290 kg, using the giant Nepalese tiger as an example.

As for my weight estimation, if I consider the HB length of 229cm like you said and the height as 109cm as given and chest girth as 160cm as given and make an isometric calculation by taking a 190cm long, 100cm tall, 130cm chest girth, 200kg Tiger as surrogate then...

229÷190=1.205
(1.205^3) x 200 = 351

109÷100=1.09
(1.09^3) x 200 = 259

160÷130=1.2307
(1.2307^3) x 200 = 372

(351+259+372) ÷ 3 = 327kg

So I make a final weight estimate of 327kg Reply