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

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Your analysis is very logic Peter, and your conclusion is correct, we need more data.

The article present a very large image of the dead tiger, and you can see that external genitals are absents and the big wound don't reach that area. So, where are the testicles, IF that was a male???

Other thing, on the paw issue, here are the measurements from Kerley et al. (2005):

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Tigresses had a paw length 11 and 13 cm and a paw wide of 10.5 to 13.5 cm.

Check that it is different the paw length itself and that of the heel only. So, if those measurements provided (9.5 and 11 cm) are from the paw overall, the smaller one was definitely not an adult. Check the table again, for comparison.

Like I told you, there is something very wrong in the article, and judging by the picture, that seems to be a "small female cub", not an "old adult male".
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