Freak Specimens

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(06-24-2014, 03:53 AM)'GrizzlyClaws' Wrote:

(06-24-2014, 03:39 AM)'Pckts' Wrote:

(06-24-2014, 03:26 AM)'GrizzlyClaws' Wrote:

(06-24-2014, 03:15 AM)'tigerluver' Wrote: Has any Harbin tiger been weighed? I'd think that they'd weigh the tiger at least before they add it to the bone graveyard found in the area. http://wenku.baidu.com/view/e608e9f27c1cfad6195fa7e0
 



 

What are the heaviest skulls weighed?

Tigers have slightly heavier skulls than lions when similarly sized, correct?

 


 

They didn't specify that, but only stated the average skull is between 5.5 to 6 pounds.

That's still quite heavy which leads me to believe this should be the average skull of the male tigers in there.

 

Some old interesting research on skull weight on lions and tigers from King.
Bengal tigers from the evidence I've found, had heavier skulls then both Amurs and lions both at equal length, but absolute terms aswell. A typical lion skull and a bengal tiger skull are very similar in length, the largest skulls of lions belong to Panthera Leo Krugeri, Amurs come close rivalling Kruger lions in length with 370 mm vs 380 mm. East african and others are typically less with about 350 mm.

The tigers massive skull volume probably plays alot into its massive weight compared to the lion

Bengal tiger:
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Bengal tiger
Average skull length 353.1 mm (n=12); Average skull weight 2.135 kg. - [font]Rowland Ward (1913) + others

African lion:

[font]African lion (Typical)
Average skull length [/font][font]355.861 mm (n=18); Average skull weight [/font][font]1.767 kg. - Museum[/font]

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Panthera leo krugeri (Largest lions)
[font]Average skull length 373.546 mm (n=23); Average skull weight 1.9894 kg. Still lighter then the Bengals, despite being 2 cm longer.[/font][/font]

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[font][font]Amur tiger: 

Not much on Amur tigers, but what does exist shows they are typically not as massive as Bengal tigers, despite being longer. This specimen below is less then the average (367 mm).

Amur tiger
Average skull length 359.45 mm (n=1); Average skull weight 1.769 kg.[/font][/font]

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[font][font]Conclusion: Bengal tigers have the heaviest skulls of any extant cat today.[/font][/font]


Sorry to get off topic, figured it was relevent to the topic ATM though. Reply