Where is the biggest bengal tigers?

[Roflcopters]

(03-25-2017, 02:01 AM)Pantherinae Wrote:

(03-25-2017, 01:46 AM)Roflcopters Wrote:

Quote:I'm not going to hide that I love South India's Tigers! And that they can reach massive sizes, but I would still say that they can't reach the absolute monstrous sizes of the others mentioned above. 

why can't they reach the absolute "monstrous" sizes of the others mentioned above?

I don't know exactly why, but IMO they do seem a little smaller, usually with a more narrow head. 
I have no doubt that they to can have individuals that are gigantic, take Raja for example who might be the biggest South Indian tiger I've seen. Still I don't find him as big as some Central Indian males. 

But this is just me sating my opinion. That's why it's here hopefully debated, and I wan't to hear you're opinion too.

fair enough, I don't think that's the case though. I feel like tourism is a big thing in Central India and we see a lot more tigers from Central India as compared to the South and North. there's plenty of huge males in the South as well. Torn Ears of Nagarhole was probably one of the biggest tiger i have ever seen in photographs. possibly bigger than majority of Central Indian males and when you look at average weights, they are very close. 

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big robust male with a very long body and muscular to the core, a fine specimen.

Quote:He's probably my favorite tiger too, but IMO he's not even close to be the biggest tiger in Central India over the last years, the biggest Kanha and Pench males are a level above him in terms of length and weight for me, he maybe gives a bigger presence, but I can't see him being bigger than the likes BMW for instance, but he's huge for sure and the most iconic tiger I've ever seen.

what makes you think that only Pench and Kanha have the biggest males, there's Bandhavgarh, Satpura, Melghat, Umred, Melghat, Nagzira, Tadoba etc etc and Wagdoh was indeed one of the heaviest male of his time. in the era of BMW, Bamera, Munna, Wagdoh and Shivaji. Wagdoh was considered the biggest of them all. if you ask the majority even now, they will tell you the same. prime Wagdoh was quite a force. personally here's my top 10 biggest in no order.

- Ravan (Satpura, MP)
- Wagdoh (Tadoba, MH)
- Jai (Umred/Nagzira, MH)
- BMW (Pench, MP)
- Kingfisher (Kanha, MP)
- Umarpani (Kanha, MP)
- Mukhtar (Pench, MH)
- Bamera (Bandhavgarh, MP)
- Khursapar male (Pench, MH)
- Samrat (Pench, MH) Reply