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

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

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02-28-2017, 12:59 PM ( This post was last modified: 02-28-2017, 02:39 PM by Master Chief )

(02-27-2017, 10:03 PM)Pckts Wrote: Amurs may or may not do better in captivity but in the wild they are the smaller cat when it comes to weight.
The stp project has been studying Amurs and continues to do so and no recent weight matches their Bengal Counterparts @Master Chief

Are you doing research and tracking the tiger in India and Russia? Are you working in zoo and measuring the tiger? How can you be so sure which one is definitely bigger just by looking current data?
I've heard that the Amur tiger was almost extinct in 50 years ago. Today's Amur tiger is smaller since 1970s. Currently, they are also suffering from very low prey because people are keep poaching and hunting tiger's prey like boar and deer.
How come majority animal and biology article is concluded that the Amur tiger is the largest cat if Bengal is actually bigger? When I asked to my zoology professor and PhD students about this (Bengal is the larger than Amur). Their reactions were all like "what are you talking about?" "I don't believe you. Amur tiger was bigger than Bengal in zoo"
I don't know what's the truth, but Amur tigers would not be regarded as the biggest cat since from past if they were smaller than Bengal.

Here is prey biomass in Nepal, India, and Russia. Obviously, the Bengal tiger has to be heavier. 
Amur tiger is generally bigger if it was in the same conditions in captivity.



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