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

[Rishi]

(12-19-2018, 02:27 PM)Pckts Wrote: I'm not sure which study that is or what tigers they are Comparing to but I have doubts about that claim. 
You have 2 males transferred from ranth to sariska with weights of 170kg and 220kg, ustaad with his 240kg then 215kg then sub 200kg a couple of 2 year old sub adult females around the 100kg mark and that's all I've seen, none of which are extroidanary. 
I have also spoken with numerous people involved with many different captures from different reserves and I have little doubt that a few of them would argue that claim as well. 
Is there any way you can provide the link for the entire study, I'm curious who was involved and what other  captures they're comparing them to.
Thanks

This one...
Demography of a small, isolated tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) population in a semi-arid region of western India

BTW, it's just a part of one sentence. So I'll save you some trouble & quote it... (Page 10 of 13)

Quote:In highly inbred populations morphological abnormalities are often observed and resistance to disease is often
compromised [18, 59]. During our study we did not encounter cubs with abnormalities or skeletal defects and
mortality of tigers attributed to disease was only one. The morphometric measurement of RTR tigers captured for radio-collaring were among those of the largest recorded for tigers in India (YV Jhala, unpublished data). These observations along with comparable demographic parameters to other tiger populations, suggest that there were no deleterious effects that had as yet manifested...

They never said heaviest though... Reply