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Skulls, Skeletons, Canines & Claws
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South Chinese tiger; male and female.
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Bengal tiger; male and female.
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African lion
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African lion
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Clouded leopard
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Clouded leopard
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I know they say clouded leopard canines are the same length as tigers, do you know of any that truly reach the same length that you have seen?
These above certainly do not to my eye.
The Clouded leopard has proportionally the longest fangs of all felines, while the tiger fangs are unmatched in the absolute size and density.
A tiger fang would be 3-4 times heavier than a Clouded leopard fang with the similar length.
One of the largest Panthera spelaea's upper canines, credit to zoologist.ru.
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African lion, 117 mm in total length and 57 mm below the gum line.
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large Amur tigress
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Amur tiger, over 160 mm in total length and 78 mm below the gum line.
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Those P. spelaea dentitions are from Dawkins (the book I've mentioned a lot when discussing Koenigswald). They're from the UK. Here's the book again if anyone would like to browse further:
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/...2/mode/1up (10-30-2015, 12:49 AM)tigerluver Wrote: Those P. spelaea dentitions are from Dawkins (the book I've mentioned a lot when discussing Koenigswald). They're from the UK. Here's the book again if anyone would like to browse further: Yep, that's why these fangs are no larger than that of the modern lions. According to Alex from zoologist.ru, the largest fang recorded for Panthera spelaea should be over 17 cm around the curve, which means it is similar to this liger tooth. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-massive-upper-liger-canines-fangs-cast-replica-lion-tiger-/252004366607 |
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