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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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( This post was last modified: 06-22-2014, 11:50 AM by GrizzlyClaws )

We are not sure about the vague assumption of the 250cm head+body of Panthera atrox, also we don't know it is between peg or over curve.

But based on the femur measurement, we can assure that the largest Panthera atrox specimen discovered so far is dimentionally smaller than the 480mm femur specimen or Baikal (being physically identical to the 480mm femur specimen).

As tigerluver gave the estimation of 415kg for the 480mm femur specimen, while Baikal was 386kg. But keep in mind that when they weighed Baikal, he was already 12 years old and past his prime.

In a pic where he climbed up to a tree, he was way more athletic and also looked younger and more muscular. He should definitely weigh more, maybe up to 900 pounds.

So i think Baikal should weigh around 900 pounds during his prime, same as the largest Ngandong specimen.

Ngandong tiger and Amur tiger/other modern tigers should be proportionally similar to each other.
 
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RE: Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines - GrizzlyClaws - 06-22-2014, 11:48 AM
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