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(04-29-2020, 06:53 AM)tigerluver Wrote: Head-body length based on the aforementioned calculation would be 260 cm. Using the data you compiled on tiger subspecies and having a weighted average of 175 cm body length for all 4 subspecies, the Bornean fossil's body length would be c. 260 cm (175 cm x 1.5). It seems shoulder height is half of body length generally, so that would be about c. 130 cm. Skull length from the above calculations would be c. 480 mm. We have an official peer-reviewed body weight of 480 kg (Sherani 2019). Looking forward to your work.
Either form of tiger as a representation should be fine. The PCA in Sherani (2019) did show that the tiger groups closer to P. t. corbetti and P. t. sumatrae and considering how young the specimen is, it likely had the color and large scruff of the island tigers.
Thank you my friend. I am going to choose a beautiful Sumatran tiger that I have in my image-base. It will be incredible to see the size of this giant Bornean tiger compared with the Ngandong tiger and the Bengal tiger (I will choose this subspecies/population for obvious reasons).