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

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(02-07-2018, 10:34 AM)peter Wrote: BETTY

a - The measurement and weight of the Chinese tiger in your previous post
 
You posted the same picture (referring to the tiger in post 1,474) some time ago. Back then, however, the numbers (length and weight) were different. I want to use the information, as there's not much reliable information about the size of Panthera tigris amoyensis. 

Can you get to a conclusion on that particular male tiger? The more you find, the better. Thanks.

b - The intention of this thread

This thread is dedicated to wild tigers. Information about captive tigers can be used at times, but only when we have no other option. Example. 

It is not possible to measure the actual standing height of wild tigers. For this reason, biologists measure the length of the front leg. As they use different methods, the results often are confusing. In order to get to some clarity, I decided to post the table from Mazak's book ('Der Tiger'). The photographs you and Amnon posted were much appreciated, as they show that the actual standing height of captive Amur tigers, as Mazak concluded, is impressive at times.

In order to answer your question, I'll do one more post on an exceptional captive tiger. After that post, I propose to return to wild tigers.

The length units and weight units used by China in the last century are different from those of the current international units. In order to facilitate understanding, I will explain the unit conversion. The length unit used by this South China tiger is "shi chi", the weight unit is "shi jin", 1 "shi chi" equals to 33.33 cm, and 1 "shi jin" equals to 0.5 kg.

In conclusion, the total length is 9.5 "shi chi" (equal to 316.6cm), body weight is 385 "shi jin" (equal to 192.5kg), shoulder height is 4.7 "shi chi" (equal to 156.6cm).


It is worth mentioning that the body of the tiger's circumference is 6 "shi chi"(equal to 199.98cm), so I think that for those big cats unreasonable data, need to be treated with care.


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RE: ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris) - Betty - 02-07-2018, 12:44 PM
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Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-28-2014, 09:24 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-28-2014, 09:32 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-29-2014, 12:26 AM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - peter - 07-29-2014, 06:35 AM
Tiger recycling bin - Roflcopters - 09-04-2014, 01:06 AM
RE: Tiger recycling bin - Pckts - 09-04-2014, 01:52 AM
RE: Tiger recycling bin - Roflcopters - 09-05-2014, 12:31 AM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 09:37 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 10:27 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 11:03 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 02-19-2015, 10:55 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - GuateGojira - 02-23-2015, 11:06 AM
Status of tigers in India - Shardul - 12-20-2015, 02:53 PM
RE: Tiger Directory - Diamir2 - 10-03-2016, 03:57 AM
RE: Tiger Directory - peter - 10-03-2016, 05:52 AM
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RE: Tiger Predation - peter - 11-11-2017, 07:38 AM
RE: Man-eaters - Wolverine - 12-03-2017, 11:00 AM
RE: Man-eaters - peter - 12-04-2017, 09:14 AM
RE: Tigers of Central India - Wolverine - 04-13-2018, 12:47 AM
RE: Tigers of Central India - qstxyz - 04-13-2018, 08:04 PM
RE: Size comparisons - peter - 07-16-2019, 04:58 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - peter - 05-20-2021, 06:43 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - Nyers - 05-21-2021, 07:32 PM
RE: Amur Tigers - peter - 05-22-2021, 07:39 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - GuateGojira - 04-06-2022, 12:29 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - tigerluver - 04-06-2022, 12:38 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - tigerluver - 04-06-2022, 08:38 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - tigerluver - 04-06-2022, 11:00 PM
RE: Amur Tigers - peter - 04-08-2022, 06:57 AM



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