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Post by s on Nov 25, 2023 22:55:51 GMT
Original data by BroBear, i just compiled them and ordered them: domainofthebears.proboards.com/thread/773/weight-collection1 - Bengal Tiger: 210kg 2 - Namibia-Zimbabwe Lion: 197 and 192kg respectively. Mean of 194.5kg 3 - Indochinese Tiger: 193kg 4 - South African Lion: 191kg 5 - Siberian Tiger: 190kg 6 - Botswana Lion: 184kg 7 - East African Lion: 174kg 8 - Asiatic Lion: 163kg 9 - West African Lion: 158kg 10 - South China Tiger: 152kg 11 - Ethiopian Lion: 137kg 12 - Sumatran Tiger: 123kg 13 - Malayan Tiger: 120kg Lion medium average (all extant populations): 171kg Tiger medium average (all extant sub-species): 164kg |
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Post by slaughterhouse on Nov 27, 2023 6:00:30 GMT
That's a good list. Now, I had an idea regarding felid weights. GuateGojira posted an interesting idea on Wildfact a year or so back which I just noticed a few days ago browsing through old posts on Tiger weights. And that was about the comparison between Median, Mode and average on weights. He speculated that mode might be more ideal for calculating weights, I'll try to find the post. The mode of the data is the most repeated value, or the highest frequency of a value. Thus, mode would represent the highest frequency of weight gained by the felids. It would be better for matchups as well as for discussions as it would represent the weight obtained by the majority of the adult population.  |
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Post by slaughterhouse on Nov 28, 2023 7:36:47 GMT
Dr Y. V. Jhala's work suggests that the weight range normally for mature male Bengal tigers is between 200-260 kgs. This suggests that the normal weight for resident males at their prime would be somewhere around this range. Mode would be useful for match-ups as it would represent a physique attained by the majority of males at their peak, as it is the value with the highest frequency. I found the results to significantly increase as compared to the averages, which were in some cases diluted by including males below 4 years of age, as they would be classified as young adults and including them would not produce an accurate result for males at their peak. After scouring through WildFact's Modern weights and measurements on Wild tigers thread I found the mode of tiger weights to be 235 kgs (518 lbs) with a sample size of 46. Individuals having weights between 200 - 260 only were included, this means that some males weighing 272 kgs+ were discarded as they could be classified as 'freak' specimens (I also excluded the two 225 kg subadults to be fair as they were also subadults at 2.5yrs of age) and males less than 200 kgs were also discarded as they usually consisted of old males and subadults and also because they did not fit in this range. | Weight ranges | Frequency | | 200-210 | 12 | | 210-220 | 5 | | 220-230 | 6 | | 230-240 | 14 | | 240-250 | 6 | | 250-260 | 3 |
Mode = 235 kgs [n=46] I will create a similar list for lions when I find the time. Feel free to add to the data collection. |
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