Biggest Kaziranga tiger?

[GrizzlyClaws]

(12-06-2014, 12:22 AM)'Pckts' Wrote:

(12-04-2014, 09:37 PM)'GrizzlyClaws' Wrote:

(12-01-2014, 11:46 PM)'Pckts' Wrote: If you watch the Super Cat doc they have a lion, Tiger and Liger skull all side by side

The liger skull is massive, obviously we don't know if the Tiger and lion skull are male or female but they don't come close to the liger skull size.

Hey Grizz, how do you know captive tiger skulls are larger than wild ones, out of curiousty?



 

Some captive Amur tigers have been known to have their head measurement up to 20 inches, so their skulls are probably up to 17 inches as well.

BTW, the monstrous specimen like Baikal probably got a skull between 17 to 18 inches.


 

Its to hard to know what actually skull measurements would be off of head size.
Muscle mass, fur densisty, etc will play a huge role.
From the sizes of skulls confirmed of captive Siberians that I have seen. They don't seem any larger than wild. 280kg specimens with 14.24'' skulls, seems to fit nicely. Also, skull size is not direct relation to tiger size, body length is usually a better indicator to tiger weight.

 

 

The freak Amur like Baikal is absolutely massive and absolutely dwarfs any other modern cats including the infamous Kaziranga giants.

Every part of his body is prehistoric, so no need to doubt his skull size.

We all know that Bengal is king in the wild, but in the captivity, Amur still reigns supreme.

The biggest skull and biggest canines all belong to the captive giant Amur. Reply