Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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(08-21-2022, 07:51 PM)acutidens150 Wrote: Is it true that the Siberian tiger averages 220 kg? Some person said WWF stated the average weight of Siberian tigers is of 220 kg. Should I consider this reliable or unreliable?

The historic average based in 10 confirmed males is of 216.5 kg, and if we include the evicerated male of 250 kg (which could weight up to 270 kg at least) the average of the 11 males could be about 219.5 - 221.3 kg.

So, confirmed weights will be about 216 - 219 kg, but using the estimated male of over 270 kg, it will surpass the 220 kg. 

Now, just a clarification, the male tiger of 249.5 kg is not the same male of 250 kg. The male of 249.5 kg was recorded by scientists and weighed 230 kg "evicerated" (specimen stuffed in the American Museum of Natural History), the other male of 250 kg was recorded by Baikov and was "evicerated" in that moment, so using the 20 kg of diference from the previous male, we can estimate a "complete" weight of no less than 270 kg, as big as the biggest modern Bengal tigers. That is why the more I dig, the more I am sure that Bengal and Amur tigers are of the same size and represent the maximum size reached by the Holocene tiger. Reply