Brander, Hewett and the Maharaja of Cooch Behar: a review to the records

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Records of the “great ones”:

Here is a summary of the records of the three great hunters-naturalists that have given us the best samples about tiger size and weight:

Weight:
* A. A. Dunbar Brander – 1923:
Males: 190.5 kg (n=42; range 160.1 – 233.6)
Females: 131.5 kg (n=39; range 124.0 – 155.6)

* John P. Hewett – 1938:
Males: 200.0 kg (n=20; range 161.0 – 258.5)
Females: 136.1 kg (n=8; range 113.4 – 157.4)

* Maharaja of Cooch Behar – 1908:
Males: 205.0 kg (n=44; range 168.3 – 236.0)
Females: 141.0 kg (n=11; range 118.4 – 163.3)

Total length:
* A. A. Dunbar Brander – 1923 (between pegs):
Males: 282 cm (n=42; range 267 – 313)
Females: 254 cm (n=39; range 239 – 277)

* John P. Hewett – 1938 (over curves):
Males: 298 cm (n=45; range 272 – 319)
Females: 269 cm (n=27; range 241 – 290)

* Maharaja of Cooch Behar – 1908 (between pegs [corrected]):
Males: 280 cm (n=89; range 250 – 301)
Females: 256 cm (n=35; range 222 – 276)

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(04-01-2014, 11:23 PM)Pckts Wrote: Ramsey's tiger was indeed massive. Huge head, forearms, chest and neck. Definitely another 600lber.
What happened in "the encounter" where ramseys tiger is mentioned. It speaks of a group of lions vs a tiger.

No idea, this is the only source, as far I know, where this exhibition is mentioned.

About the Ramsay tiger, I don't think that this was a 600 lb tiger, its is massive and much larger than the 600 lb tiger of Brander. I think that the Ramsay tiger weight no less than 660 lb (300 kg). Take in count that the heaviest tiger in Nepal weighed 320 kg (Smythies, 1942), so this huge tigers is another possible candidate for that figure. Reply