Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[SpinoRex]

(01-27-2022, 03:57 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(01-27-2022, 03:27 AM)SpinoRex Wrote: Hello,

I have some more interesting data here that you might like. The tigers have been measured in a straight line in this case.

Also, the weight of M102 was 200 kg or not? Or is this based on an empty stomach? In my personal communication with Sunquist, I came to the conclusion that M105 and M102 ate an average of 19 kg of meat. One ate 56 kg and the other 57 kg in 3 days.

1- Male tiger from Corbett

Quote:Length: 190.5 cm , Total Length: 297 cm, Girth: 127 cm, Weight: 184 kg

https://wildtigerhealthcentre.org/wp-con...edited.pdf

2- Male tiger from Corbett

Quote:Length: 173 cm , Shoulderheight: 91cm 

3- Male tiger from Pillibhit

Quote:Length: 167 cm , Total length: 269 cm, Chest Girth: 144cm, Weight: 192 kg

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OH MY GOD!!! This is so good and also so bad! I just finished to update my tables a few minutes ago and now I need to update them again!   

Well, I will take at least one month to update again, I suspect that new information may arise in the next days. So thank you ver much for this information, it will increase our database.

In the video that you share we can see how the tigers are measured in India, and like I suspected, they are measured in straight line, so the measurements of Panna were probably in the same form and we should include them. Again, thank you for corroborate my hipotesis.

Finally, about male M-102 and M-105. The male M-102 AKA "Dakre male" was weighed two times and both times weighed 200 kg, however according with the description of the capture, it seems that both times he was baited so I estimated an "empty" weight of about 184 kg, based in the fact that the tigers recorded in Chitwan eated an average of 14 - 19 kg in 24 hours (that also suggest that the emtpy weight could be higher, but I prefer to leave it like that).

Now, about M-105, that tiger weighed over 600 lb in the last captures, that is more than 272 kg, so with the same method we can estimate an empty belly weight of about 256 kg, but as the real weight was more than the capacity of the scale used, I calculated an empty belly weight of no less than 260 kg, which match the weight of 261 kg calculated by Dr Dave Smith based in a chest girth-weight equation.

Hope this helps, and again, thank you for the information.

Thanks,

I think there were even more discovered. I just listed the ones that came in my mind.

The tigers in Panna are measured over curves as Sunal Told me. The only areas where straight line is used is in UP (Pillibhit) and Corbett at least from the infos we have now. The method used by Sunquist is a mixture which should have just slight differences.

About M105 i agree. Using his daily food intake and possibility of being gorged his empty weight must have been exactly c.260 kg and i got also 256 kg. Even if he would be totally full (30 kg region) he still wouldnt be lower than 250 kg ig, which justifies the estimate. And combined with the Chest Girth - Weight calculation there should be no problem at all.

Also i was recently checking some datas. There was a 6-7 year old male weighed in Bhutan by the GTC. Found a twitter post by a wildlife biologist who is working "there" reporting about that as well. It was collared in 2018

https://twitter.com/_tashidhendup/status...3910056961

Quote:A team from global tiger centre (GTC) in Gelephu trapped a male tiger, weighing 170 kgs and 2.78 meters long from the Tali ridge in Nangkhor, Zhemgang on October 4.
https://kuenselonline.com/tiger-collared-in-zhemgang/

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Measurement method is unknown.... never saw any datas from that area. So its not clear Reply