ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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(11-14-2014, 11:58 AM)'Amnon242' Wrote:

(11-03-2014, 08:11 AM)'peter' Wrote: CAPTIVE MALE AMUR TIGER DVUR KRALOVY

This photograph has been posted before. Although it belongs in the board on captive big cats, I posted it here as well. The reason is a number of measurements were known. Same for the weight:

203,00 cm. - Head and body length
084,00 cm. - Head circumference
190,00 kg. - Weight

Conclusion. This is about as average as it gets. Impressive at any rate:

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I saw him...this tiger is called Jupiter and he is from ZOO Dvur Kralove in Czech. In the zoo there is a table which says that Jupiter was 196 kg when weighted.

Jupiter is tall, but lean. There is another male amur in that zoo, tiger called Skip. Skip is very old, he was 17 when i saw him (one year ago, Jupiter was 7), but still much, much bigger than Jupiter. Tall as Jupiter buch much more robust...a bear-like creature.

Interesting thing is that a son of Skip was 140 kg when he was 1 year old.



 

Below are three photographs of three wild male Amur tigers and one captive male. Which one is close to Skip? Did you see any differences between Skip and the ones below in build? 


1 - Male tiger 'Murzik'. He seems about average in body weight and length (180-200 kg.), but this impression could be a result of his large skull.
   

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2 - Male tiger T-16. He was trapped, but escaped when they came to dart him. He seems larger than average, but the heaviest they captured so far was 'Luke', who progressed from 150 to 212 kg. in a few years only. For now, we assume he probably was over 200 kg.

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3 - The largest shot by Jankowski in Manchuria in 1943. He was 11.6 'over curves' and estimated at about 300 kg. (660 pounds or thereabout) after eating a large male bear. They found his feet and skull nearby. In his letters to V. Mazak, Jankowski more than once wrote he was way larger than all other tigers they had seen or shot.

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4 - The Duisburg Zoo male Amur tiger again. He was 320 cm. in a straight line and 110 cm. at the shoulder standing and estimated at 280-300 kg. in his prime.

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