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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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Remember the genetic studies that group the South China tiger pretty much on its own and the study (I forget the name) that mentioned that this species is likely the stem group? Maybe that is why the canine fit better. 

Insular dwarfism probably had to have affected skull morphology to some degree. I wonder have fast the downsizing occurred. Sea levels were still quite low 20 kya (Source and read this source for maps, look at the 120 m and 105 m contour maps). As an analogy, I've read of a dwarf Stegodon of Indonesia that evolved from a larger version 840 kya went extinct around 12 kya, but sea level-wise, dwarf pressures due to spatial limitation shouldn't have occurred until 20 kya. I'm reading up on the potential prey fauna to get clues on how fast the changes may have occurred. This is the reading.

I noticed the drawings of Javan tiger skulls differ a bit from the actual photos I've seen. I wonder if the misfit is just intraspecific variation.
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RE: Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines - tigerluver - 09-19-2015, 06:09 AM
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