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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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Based on the femur length to skull ratios of extant tigers, I would say the Padang specimen. 


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The average femur length (FL)/condylobasal length (CBL) from the above is 1.23. If we use the lower 426 mm CBL value from post #989 we'd get a femur length of 523 mm. Now the more exceptional a skull, the more we have to think about the possibility of the FL/CBL ratio being closer to 1 rather than what is in extant tigers. Even then, 490-500 mm femur would be in the realm of possibility, thus outsizing the Ngandong femur no matter which way one looks at it.
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RE: Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines - tigerluver - 11-21-2018, 09:46 AM
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RE: Sabertoothed Cats - peter - 06-11-2016, 04:28 PM
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