Who is the "king" of tigers? - Bengal or Amur

[peter]

HELLO

Thanks for the response. I knew about Kennion and the one who took his identity. I don't know if Kennion is still active. If so, tell him his knowledge of captive Amur tigers will be appreciated at Wildfact.

As to the paw prints of wild tigers. In Russia, they use 'heel width' to assess the weight of a tiger. Experience strongly suggests this method is reliable in both brown bears and tigers. 

In the tiger extinction thread, I recently posted information about the heel width of wild male Amur tigers. Tigerluver used the information to get to an equation. His equation suggests a (healthy) male tiger with a heel width of 13,5 cm., if data of wild male Amur tigers only would be used, ranges between 259-337 kg. 

You wrote Kerley saw a print with a heel or pad width of 13,75 cm., but didn't post evidence. What you posted (referring to your last post), suggests she saw a print with a heel width of 13,5 cm. (and not 13,75 cm.).

You could ask Kennion again, but maybe it's best to contact Kerley herself. She's been in the Russian Far East for a long time, has a lot of experience and (co-)wrote a lot of interesting peer-reviewed documents. Reply