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10-01-2016, 11:53 PM( This post was last modified: 10-02-2016, 12:07 AM by GrizzlyClaws )
They were not necessarily bigger than the pure Sunda tigers.
From a genetic standpoint, they discovered that the Sumatran tigers were hybrids, but from the morphological perspective, they were completely convergently leaning toward the Sunda tigers, since they live in the similar environment.
If the migrating Sunda tigers mixed with the Mainland tigers in the Mainland Asia, then I am pretty sure their hybrid descendants would share more morphological traits with the pure Mainland tigers. The morphological traits are just a sign of adaption in the different respective environments.