Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

[tigerluver]

You took a good risk breaking it open. The inside of tooth removes the possibility of a Sunda felid. Those teeth have a much more firm and solid cross section despite the age (as in the mandible a few posts above). We should've also focused on the texture and color of the specimen, which was different from other prehistoric felid canines we have discussed on here.

What happened to you happened to Christiansen and Mazak regarding a new "cheetah" from China a few years back. A whole paper was published on it, and in the end, it was fake. It's unfortunately very hard to trust fossils moved from person to person. Nevertheless, it's always so exciting when something new pops up and we, especially myself, am eager to make that leap in identifying it.

I'll go back and reread vK 1933, he wrote on the some features of the fossilized tiger bones and be back. Reply