Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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Off one specimen, we can't say. In tiger populations where dentitions relate okay with skull size (mainly P.t. altaica), normally the males and those of larger skulls have proportionately smaller dentition, or rather, bigger teeth lead to even bigger skulls. At the same time, some populations have essentially no correlation between skull size and dentition size. 

The cave lion here (http://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/carsologica/artic...le/126/116) has teeth just as big, but only measures 417 mm.

If the Ngandong skull were to representative of the Wahnsien tiger, a 42 mm upper P4 could be of a skull measuring 435 mm- 453 mm. Reply