Who is the "king" of tigers? - Bengal or Amur

[GrizzlyClaws]

(04-22-2014, 09:55 AM)'GuateGojira' Wrote:

(04-22-2014, 03:37 AM)'GrizzlyClaws' Wrote: Some Sumatran tigers can also have massive canines, this one from the private collection is 13cm in the total length.

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Those 13 cm of the canines are the entire canine length. In this case, the problem is more deep as we most know how much of the teeth length is crown, how much is gum line and how much is at the skull.
 
By the picture that you post, I think that 60% of the canine is at the skull, and 30-35% is for the crown. The gum line is very variable, but 15-10% seems reasonable for a healthy mouth, I think.
 

 

Since the big cat canine is a bit curved, not exactly straight.

When "Amur" got his measurement from gumline in 90mm, then i cannot imagine it is only 10-15% of the entire canine length. Otherwise, the entire canine would be over 30cm; this is a Smilodon populator, not a tiger anymore.

We should find a way to understand how the big cat canine is structured to insert into the skull. Reply