Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Pckts]

(01-25-2022, 06:52 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(01-25-2022, 04:14 AM)Pckts Wrote: It's possible but the shoulder height and chest girth both are too large for a 226kg cat. 
Also T-7's growth in a year of 15cm or almost 6'' is too much in that short of a time span, especially on a cat that is already 5 years old.

Shoulder heights are all taken from shoulder to tip of paw (like the famous 120 cm tall for lions quoted in all the great cat books), so we can discard them already.

About chest girth, remember that may be animals with big chests that weighs not too much, so no big deal. Even the growth of 15 cm do not present problem, as animals may grow in jumps.

But what concerns me is the ups and downs of some figures that certainly are not correct. That is why I focused in the animals were we can see a constant growth and that is why I got to the preliminary conclution that those measurements are mixed, that some one made an error in the worksheet and mix all this. It happens, so I will not be surprise, but like I say, this is just an hypotesis that try to explain the issue.

For the moment, I will use only the weights and measurements that make sense, until we get an explanation about the other measurements.

Even from tip of the paw to  tip of the shoulder, that would be a stretch. 
The chest girth is questionable at best, it's in the top tier of all Tigers chest girth ever recorded. Larger than Branders or the Sauraha Male for instance which just doesn't coincide with cat of his weight. 
In regards to a growth of 15 cm's over a year, that is unheard of for any adult Tiger over the age of 5, especially just in head and body. 
If he were a youngster, let's a year or so and then he were measured a year later after that then it's possible but no such growth spurt would be seen in an adult, mature male at 5.
If you're aware of any, I'd definitely be curious.

That being said, they're your tables so it's up to. Reply