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(03-17-2020, 12:30 AM)Pckts Wrote: If I remember correctly, very few of the actually weighed Gaur were 1000kg outside of South East Asia.
Hence why I gave you the average weight of preys of Indochinese tigers. Bear in mind, 88-95% of the diet of Indochinese tigers in Thailand is made up of Banteng, Gaur and Sambar. So, the average weight of 400 kilos (Banteng and Gaur) tells us that there are a few male gaurs on that menu.
But a Male Gaur and a 1000kg Male Gaur are 2 different things.
If they are using a round number, an "average" prey weight is not accurate.
I'd wager that the most common prey would be Sambar and Boar, both of which aren't close to 400kg but with estimations of Banteng and Gaur at their maximum that will inflate the averages.
Maximum size of prey that a single male lion or tiger can kill
