Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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Ngandong tiger femur (right) and wild P. t. altaica (left). The Ngandong bone strikes as odd so often that I'm sometimes inclined to separate it as a species. The distal end "is massive" as vK put it, but also a weirdly round in shape from this view, although the posterior view it looks more normal. The caput is also very thick and wide. The right femur is of poor resolution so it looks slightly wider than it really is. The Ngandong femur and humerus are weird as a whole. Really wide with the proximal ends extending down the long bone at a difference ratio than in modern tigers. Only the skull is what strikingly resembles P. t. sondaica and P. t. balica. Reply