Estimate weights on animals.

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(10-12-2016, 03:17 AM)Pantherinae Wrote: I'm interested in knowing what you're thoughts are on animals maximum weights. It's always fun to play with you're thoughts on  what an animal can potentially weigh at an absolute maximum. It's always fun estimating a little 
I'll start adding some animals.  My estimates:
Tiger: 300 kg
Leopard: 100 kg
Jaguar: 160 kg
Lion: 300 kg
Guar: 1200 kg  
Cape buffalo: 1000 kg
Bison: 1000 kg  
Cougar: 90 kg  
Wolf : 86 kg
Spotted hyena: 95 kg  
Brown bears: 750 kg  
Polar bears: 1000 kg  
Hippo: 3000 kg  
White rhino: 4000 kg  
Indian rhino: 3700 kg  
Gorilla: 200 kg  
Orangutan: 110 kg

Btw great if you add a picture of the biggest of these animals you have seen.

Tiger (modern Bengal or Siberian): 380 kg
Tiger (Ngandong): 580 kg
Lion (modern): 300 kg
Panthera spelaea/Panthera atrox: 550 kg
Leopard: 130 kg
Jaguar: 190 kg
Gaur: 1600 kg
Cape Buffalo: 1100 kg
Bison: 1300 kg
Cougar: 160 kg
Wolf: 80 kg
Dire Wolf: 120 kg
Spotted Hyena: 90 kg
Dinocrocuta: 500 kg
Brown Bear (modern): 800 kg
Brown Bear (Pleistocene): 1000 kg
Polar Bear (modern): 1100 kg
Polar Bear (ancient): 1600 kg
Hippo: 3800 kg
White Rhino: 4000 kg
Indian Rhino: 4000 kg
African Elephant: 8000 kg
Colombian Mammoth: 10000 kg
Gorilla: 220 kg
Orangutan: 120 kg
Chimpanzee: 100 kg
Wild Homo sapiens: 140 kg
Neanderthal: 160 kg
Homo Erectus: 110 kg

In fact, just look at the close encounter I had with a normal-sized adult white rhino from my trip to South Africa:

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