Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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(01-25-2022, 11:46 PM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(01-25-2022, 10:46 PM)Pckts Wrote: 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.

And that is why I clearly said that we can discard the shoulder height, as is not height at all, just the length of the arm.

About the chest girth, yes you are right, is a big chest girth, and could be an error in the measurement method (we can see it in the images in the document), so I think that the one of 136 cm is more realistic, but even then, we will need to confirm if the chest girth of 154 cm is reliable and why was so high. I remember that with the Siberian Tiger Project they said that they took the measurement after the momento of exhalation of the tiger, so it was the minimum chest girth. Is possible that this will be the explanation for the large chest girth.

The increase in lenght of 15 cm could be actually a difference in the methods, because as we have saw that Bengal tigers are measured in straight line, thanks to pictures available, we can't denied the fact that human error may exist. I think that making an average of all the measurements, as the Siberian Tiger Project staff done will fix any error or exageration that may happen.

This are just suggestions for the usage of the information of course, but is better than just ignore the data available.

I believe the chest girth of 154 cm for tiger P111 is reliable. Chest girth has a weak correlation with weight. For example, the siberian tigers in the research studies that Peter mentioned had chest girth of 145-155 cm on average but weighed only 190-200 kg. Reply