Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[GuateGojira]

(04-13-2022, 02:44 AM)LonePredator Wrote: Hello Guate, didn’t your most recent data give an average figure of 221kg for the modern mainland Bengal Tigers? Is there some change? Why is it 212kg now?

Also, for Amurs it says ‘along the curves’ so does it mean Amurs are actually less than 195cm in straight line? Would they not be as long as Bengals then?

Actually that figure of 221 kg for all mainland tigers is no longer accurate since years ago. The 212 kg is the last and correct one, including 40 males recorded, alghouth take in count that some specimens from Kanha bottomed the scales of 500 lb used and the weights from Nepal, Nagarahole and Panna are adjusted for stomach content. Also, there are two small males, probably youngs of about 3 years and other two males in bad shape. So, is a very inclusive sample. Taking this in count, is possible that the real average will be more than the stated figure.

About the Amur tigers, there is no concensus about how they were actually measured as the document of Kerley et al. (2005) suggested that were measured in straight line, but the pictures available shows a pletora of different forms, which is the what happen when different people measured the animals. At the end, I concluded that they were measured "along curves" but if the tape was held straight, or pressed on the ondulations, is not fully known. In my estimation, the head-body of Amur tigers from the Siberian Tiger Project probably measured 10-14 cm less, but remember that they were measured from nose to root of tail, not until the last bone of the hip, so even with this correction, they real body length was probably about 190 cm "straight" in males. Reply