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Who is the "king" of tigers? - Bengal or Amur

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Who is the "king" of tigers? - Bengal or Amur

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04-05-2017, 02:21 PM ( This post was last modified: 04-05-2017, 04:39 PM by Master Chief )

That's unfair comparison. 15 captive Bengal tigers vs 37 captive Amur tigers? The Amur is still only 0.4 kg lighter with unfair comparison. The Amur tiger is still heavier in maximum weight. There is more Amur tiger with above 200 kg in that chart anyway.
And I think someone in here keep writing "there is no pure Bengal." There is no way size can be decreased unless it was mixed with the Sumatran and the Malayan tigers.


The most important fact to comparing size in wild. Let's not forget extremely low prey biomass in Russian Far East and other places in Asia.
In the wild the prey base in Russia is not abundant enough for the Amur tigers to realize their full potential. Prey is more scattered and the Amur tigers need huge territories to capture sufficient food, so much more energy is expended in the food quest. I think the Assam state tigers are living in extremely high prey biomass habitat. I would like to see the Amur tiger size when they're living in high prey biomass area after 20 years.


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