ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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(11-21-2014, 12:56 PM)'peter' Wrote: I've 4 questions:

1 - The weights at the top of the table you posted. My guess is they are average weights for the animals mentioned. If not, is anything known on the actual weight of the male wild boars and the female brown bear the tigress killed? Are they sure the animals were adults? 

2 - Isn't 'Christina' the tigress who attacked a hunter after she'd been shot and wounded? If so, she made a splendid recovery.

3 - Is 'Christina' the heaviest tigress on record? I thought there was only one other tigress of 130 kg. ('Maria Ivanova').

4 - A few years ago, Miquelle said they were working on a new document on Amur tigers. That document would have new information on (the size of) the Amur tigers captured in recent years. So far, I didn't see anything. Did I miss something? If nothing, as I suspect, was published, would you be so kind as to contact Miquelle?

 

1. The weights on the table are probably average figures of the species, not the exact weight of the animals, I guess. However, some average figures don't match with those reported by the STP, so probably are the weight of the real animals.

2. Yes, she was the tigress attacked by the hunter. She is still alive, as far I remember.

3. In fact, she is the second heaviest Amur tigress on record. The heaviest one is "Princess", captured in May of 2011 and weighed 136 kg (T.A.T. Programme, 2011). The tigress "Maria Ivanovna" (Pt-04) weighed up to 129 kg in her first capture, she is the third heaviest.

4. Ok, no problem, but remember that he also said to me that they were going to publish the Amur tiger Monograph in English, but at this day, there is not a single clue if they, in fact, are going to translate it.
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