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

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(10-24-2014, 10:41 AM)'tigerluver' Wrote: At least in modern Chitwan, it probably isn't an overstatement to say your average dominant male hovers around 270 kg. The tigers of this area seem to have up-sized through the century. Now the question is, how do the Chitwan specimens compare to the rest of the form?

 

In total aggreence with this statement. 
To have such a few amount of tigers actually weighed and published yet for their to be so many 240kg + tigers verified, it is almost foolish to think that 270kg + tigers would not be needed to dominate such competition. Especially that tigers that rule such coveted areas for a long time. Add in the amount of large prey each area has, and you can get a idea of where the largest tigers would live. I assume its anywhere with a variety of Elephant, Rhino, Gaur and Water Buffalo. Obviously why Corbett and Kaziranga seem to be some of the largest. 

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