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

[peter]

(06-27-2018, 08:14 AM)johnny rex Wrote: Anyway, if I'm not mistaken this Javan tiger skull is 349 mm/basically 35 cm in length. Right?

The top view of this skull (first pic) is nicely captured just like how Altai skull was captured from top view but still there are some problems with the angle. That skull if we look at from top view measured slightly exceeded 37 cm, not 35 cm as I expected. 

I think the only way to be sure about the size of Altai skull is to contact the people who measured Altai or currently possesed Altai skull in order to know the size of it or measured the skull personally over the straight line by meeting the people who possesed the skull.

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The skull found by Hoogerwerf is 349 mm. in greatest total length and not, as the first picture suggests, 370 mm. The shade says that it wasn't taken by a pro. But he had a nice camera. 

The skull of tiger Altai is somewhere in Koln. From Amsterdam, it's less than 3 hours by train. In September, I'll meet friends in Germany. Bigcatwise, one of them is very much in the know. I'm sure he wants to join me. My guess is I'll see the skull next fall. This time, I might hire a real photographer. Reply