Freak Specimens

[Apollo]

(06-20-2014, 09:52 PM)'tigerluver' Wrote:

(06-20-2014, 12:53 PM)'Apollo' Wrote: My doubt is eventhough these cats are similar in dimensions, the Ngandong tiger seems to outweigh all of them by a big margin.
Panthera leo fossilis and Panthera atrox seems to get higher headbody length of 240cm and shoulder height 125cm when compared to Ngandong tiger (Head body length 230cm and Shoulder height 115cm) but still they weigh less than the Ngandong tiger. What is the reason ? Is there is any difference in the body construction ?

 

From the data I've been working with, tigers are proportionately heavier in terms of bone length than lions. The difference is least in femur length, but still significant. And as body size is cubic, the proportionality difference gets even greater at the prehistoric high end estimates. Tigers might have denser bones, as peter noted some of his tiger skulls were very dense. Tiger canines also seem to be the most dense. No studies have been done on their long bones yet, give me a few more college years [img]images/smilies/tongue.gif[/img]. Tigers are also proportionately longer, and thus there is more core body, thus maybe more weight. I feel the length discrepancy is offset by the lion's greater height, thus I favor the dense bones theory, as even though tiger bones are relatively thin compared to lions, they whole animal still weighs more with equal dimensions.

 

So as per dense bones theory, tigers seems to have denser bones than lions.
What could be a possible reason for tigers to have denser bones and relatively thinner bones compared to lions ?
When it comes to P.atrox and Ngandong, they seems to have similar body dimensions and P.atrox seems capable of reaching bigger dimensions than Ngandon tiger (headbody length and shoulder height). But when comparing weights the P.atrox averages 250Kg and Ngandong tiger weighs (370-415Kg). So the differences is more than 100 Kgs, which confuses me.
How come one cat species can weigh more than another cat species by 100kgs when its body dimensions are slightly smaller or similar.
Im not getting it.
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