A General Theory of the Size of Tigers

[LonePredator]

(07-07-2022, 09:25 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(07-07-2022, 09:14 PM)LonePredator Wrote: Isn't the tail length already given though? There is a tail length of 3 feet 9 inches already given in that document.

By the way, even when length is taken over curves, the tail is still measured straight right?? So can simply subtract tail length from total length and will will that give us the head-body length over curves??




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

Yes, that is exactly what I have done, took the tail length, substracted it for the total length and latter made the correction of the 20 cm.

And yes, the tail is always taken straight, is the only form as it is just a single straight line from the base to the tip. That is why I told you that using the tail length we can also try to get the approximate head-body straight and like in the example that I showed, the difference is not too much (229 against 231).

About the weight, I personally think that 327 kg is too much, 300 is already extreme for any modern cat. I prefer to be conservative in this point with my 290 kg estimated from the Nepalese male of 320 kg, assuming a stomach content of 30 kg, although I honestly think that it should be less, may be 20 kg as the tiger was still runing and jumping before been shot, something that a gorged tiger could not do.

Yes, 30kg might be too much to subtract and I understand where you are coming from regarding the conservative weight estimate but the Tiger literally had prehistoric dimensions and also had a 160cm chest girth so I also don’t think it was that frail either so maybe we can agree to disagree on this one :)

And I had some time on hand and I drew an unfinished Bengal and Amur.

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