ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

[peter]

The first link (AsiaOne Malaysia News) says:

" ... He added that the animal was between 14 and 17 years old, and weighed about 170 kg. This is the second incident involving a tiger in the country in about a fortnight. On Feb. 5, a pregnant tiger was killed after it was hit by a vehicle as it crossed the East Coast Expressway 2 in Pahang. It is believed that there are only about 300 tigers left in the wild in Malaysia ... " (AsiaOne Malaysia News).

A lot of information in 3 sentences only. We now know that Malaysia has about 300 wild tigers. One of them, a pregnant female at that, was killed on February 5 (2016?) on the East Coast Expressway 2 in Pahang. My take for now is that the weight of the old male tiger (14-17 years of age is quite something for a wild male), most probably, was estimated. He could have been weighed, but I don't think he was. 

Not quite good enough to include in the table, but I printed the info as there's isn't much about Malaysia.

Maybe you can contact the authorities in Malaysia, Pod. There apparently also is a report about the pregnant tigress killed while crossing the East Coast Expressway 2. It could be they also know a bit more about both animals (the male and the female). A wild male of 170 kg. (382 lbs.) is heavy for Pahang. Well over a century ago, tigers exceeding 9 feet in total length measured 'between pegs' were shot every now and then (one shot by the Sultan of Johore had a skull with a greatest total length of 365 mm.), but today tigers in the southern tip of Malaysia (Panthera tigris jacksoni) seem to be similar in size to Sumatran tigers. Any wild tiger over 150 kg. (332 lbs.) is remarkable.  

Good find anyhow and thanks. Reply