B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

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Fully agree, from the data that I have compiled, the tallest specimens came from South Africa (mean of 104 cm). The tigers of Cooch Behar and Central India average 1 m at the shoulder, so the difference is of only 4 cm. However, overall, the lion is no taller than the Bengal tigers, after all, the difference is less than 2 cm!!!

Male African lions (wild specimens only):
* 107.1 cm (n=42) Ferreira & Funston (2010) – South Africa
* 101 cm (n=50). Range: 86-109 cm. Stevenson-Hamilton (1947) – South Africa.
* 97.2 cm (n=8). Range: 86-108 cm. Edouard Foá (1986) – Central Africa.
* 96.2 cm (n=14). Range: 81.3 cm-107 cm. Meinertzhagen (1938) – Kenya, East Africa.
* 92.2 cm (n=3). Range 89-96.5 cm. Edward Bennet (1914) – East Africa.
 114 cm Max. recorded in the Wild (Pitman, 1945).
Average: 98.7 cm – 101.4 cm only the larger samples.

Male Bengal tigers (wild specimens only):
* 109.3 cm (n=6). Range: 104-114 cm. Brown (1893) – Purneah, India.
* 103 cm (n=2) Range: 102-104 cm. Meinertzhagen (1938) – Southwest India.
* 100 cm (n=43). Range: 88-114 cm. Cooch Behar (1908) – Northeast India.
* 99 cm (n=42). Range: 91-112 cm. Brander (1923) – Central India.
 114 cm Max. recorded in the Wild (Cooch Behar (1908) – Brown (1893)).
Average: 102.8 cm – 99.5 cm only the larger samples.
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