Amur and Kaziranga Tigers - Habitat and Prey Analysis

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(11-19-2014, 11:41 AM)'Amnon242' Wrote: Pckts: well I think amur boars are larger than indian... Anyway, assam tigers are agile (they are felids), but I think amurs are more agile (they are longer, but not so massive...while assam tigers are built like tanks). On the other hand I belive assam tigers are stronger (but amur tigers are in no case weak animals, there are experts who say that amur tigers are extremely strong felids). Buffalos or rhinos/young elephants are bigger than bears or amur wild pigs, so assam tigers need more power but they don´t need agility THAT MUCH. Bears or wild boar are smaller than those assam animals, but they are faster...so amurs need to be more agile than assam tigers. I don´t say that bears or amur boar are more dangerous opponents, they just require capabilities of different kind. Fights among assam tigers? Well I´d say it´s a fight between strong, heavilly build felids...and bigger/stronger usually wins.

Peter wrote "In fights between tigers, size is important. In fights with wild boars and bears, it seems to be a bit different. Size of course helps, but my guess is a combination of strength, endurance, agility and coordination could be a crucial."

BTW I´ve seen Raja taking down a gaur...but I´d say it was about his strenght not about his agility.

 

The modern Amur tigers have became further more gracilized due the lower density of prey.

But I've also seen some extreme robust built male Amurs in the captivity as they were very well fed.

So I can imagine that some alpha male Amurs can build like a tank back in the old days when they were plenty of large preys located in Manchuria and Northern China. Reply