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Dr Panthera · 12-24-2015, 02:05 AM

(12-20-2015, 04:14 PM)JawaRumbia Wrote: @GuateGojira Hunting success rate...

Up to 54% and 28% hunting wild boar and red deer , this is for attempts that involved a chase only (does not include ones where a tiger decides not to chase the prey and abandons the hunt) , this is determined through tracks in the snow, in winter animals are weakened by poor nutrition and the elements and visibility is poor in snow storms these factors increase the success of predators, also ungulates huddle together in concentrated herds in prime areas making locating them easier for the predator.
Summer hunting success rates are not described in detail but likely to be less.

Dr Panthera · 12-24-2015, 02:14 AM

(11-19-2015, 10:17 AM)sanjay Wrote: Unfriendly Neighbors - Amur Tigers and Wolves in Russia
By - Jonathan C. Slaght (Wildlife Conservation Society)

*This image is copyright of its original author

Tigers and wolves in Russia have an uncomplicated relationship: they simply don’t get along.

This was not always understood, as the first study to examine both populations in the southern Russian Far East found equilibrium, with the predators seeming to occupy the same forests without killing each other off.

In retrospect, however, it became clear that this single snapshot of their relationship did not reveal the full story. At the time of that analysis, Amur tigers were rebounding from a historical population low. As tigers reoccupied forests long abandoned they then displaced the wolves, either by killing them or driving them out.

Researchers have recently been able to observe this dynamic firsthand in two different parts of tiger range.

First, in the Pri-Amur region, where Amur tigers have been absent for half a century. Here, tigers are now being released to recolonize former habitat, and one of these tigers killed and ate two wolves during her first winter in the wild. If tigers are successful at regaining a foothold in the Pri-Amur, wolves might disappear from the region.

Second, in the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve to the south, where a resident female tiger died amidst an outbreak of canine distemper virus in 2010 and was replaced by a pair of wolves soon thereafter. Things did not end well for these canids, however. One succumbed to canine distemper itself, and another was last seen running across a road a few years later.

Being chased by a tiger.

Original source: http://blog.wcs.org/photo/2015/11/04/unf...es-russia/

Classic hatred between canids and felids.
Tigers compete with dholes in south Asia and wolves in Russia and parts of India, they dominate these competitors who only pose a risk in very large packs (which is extremely rare)

GrizzlyClaws · 12-24-2015, 03:10 AM

Only Lion seems to demonstrate some unique blood feud with Hyena, while it appears that they can get along with those canid species in Africa.

Pckts · 12-24-2015, 04:53 AM

Actually, wild dog numbers significantly drop when lions share the territory.

Dr Panthera · 12-24-2015, 04:59 AM

(12-24-2015, 04:53 AM)Pckts Wrote: Actually, wild dog numbers significantly drop when lions share the territory.

Yes absolutely, wild dogs suffer from competition with lions, their numbers are small everywhere lions are abundant.
spotted hyenas do fine with lions due to their flexible behaviour and their ability to exploit different food sources.

JawaRumbia · 12-24-2015, 05:46 AM

(12-24-2015, 02:05 AM)Dr Panthera Wrote:
(12-20-2015, 04:14 PM)JawaRumbia Wrote: @GuateGojira Hunting success rate...

Up to 54% and 28% hunting wild boar and red deer , this is for attempts that involved a chase only (does not include ones where a tiger decides not to chase the prey and abandons the hunt) , this is determined through tracks in the snow, in winter animals are weakened by poor nutrition and the elements and visibility is poor in snow storms these factors increase the success of predators, also ungulates huddle together in concentrated herds in prime areas making locating them easier for the predator.
Summer hunting success rates are not described in detail but likely to be less.

So Amur Tiger is the most successful hunter in phanterinae group?

Dr Panthera · 12-24-2015, 11:18 AM

(12-24-2015, 05:46 AM)JawaRumbia Wrote:
(12-24-2015, 02:05 AM)Dr Panthera Wrote:
(12-20-2015, 04:14 PM)JawaRumbia Wrote: @GuateGojira Hunting success rate...

Up to 54% and 28% hunting wild boar and red deer , this is for attempts that involved a chase only (does not include ones where a tiger decides not to chase the prey and abandons the hunt) , this is determined through tracks in the snow, in winter animals are weakened by poor nutrition and the elements and visibility is poor in snow storms these factors increase the success of predators, also ungulates huddle together in concentrated herds in prime areas making locating them easier for the predator.
Summer hunting success rates are not described in detail but likely to be less.

So Amur Tiger is the most successful hunter in phanterinae group?

There no such thing as the most successful hunter across species as they are many many variables, these numbers are restricted to two prey species and during winter and at times where the tiger gave chase.
It seems to me though that hunting suids is more successful than other prey because wild pigs are less vigilant than other ungulates, lions succeed more in hunting warthogs and bushpigs than antelopes.

sanjay · 02-29-2016, 10:33 AM

Chopper View of Amur tiger from in the primorye region of the South-East of the sikhote-Alinya, Russia