Amur Tigers

[Amnon242]

(03-23-2015, 01:34 AM)'tigerluver' Wrote: The STP male Amurs average 193 cm in body length, while Sunquist and Sunquist has Chitwan published as 195 cm on average for males. It'd be a bit higher if we were to add the two other 270+ kg males I found about. The longest body length of modern record is of an Amur male at 208 cm (101 cm tail, 309 cm total, 179 kg mass) I believe. I think Dhasa of Nagarhole measured 311 cm total but his body length was 204 cm. So, overall I'd say they're equal in length with regard to statistical significance. Not sure about height, but I'd favor the modern Amur to be taller as they seem to be evolving for cursoriality at this point.

Edit: I see Pckts found the summary. Hunter vs. modern records makes some difference, but I think that's just due to sampling error.

 

Ok, so they are equal in lenght while amurs are taller :-)

tall and long amur tiger:

http://www.milanfoto.eu/displayimage.php...play_media

http://www.milanfoto.eu/displayimage.php...play_media




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