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(11-18-2018, 10:27 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: I speculate that the Pleistocene tiger might also have a 1:1 skull/femur ratio.
Otherwise, the femur of the Padang specimen would simply become an outrageous outlier which looks very unlikely.
Maybe the Ngandong specimen also possesses a 470-480 mm skull like the Padang specimen, since the body proportion of the tiger might also vary over time.
Can I see the photo of that Padang specimen skull around 470-480 mm? Is it a specimen of Panthera tigris soloensis?
There is only a fragmented mandible available, and the skull estimation was based on that lower jaw.