Panthera tigris soloensis

Panthera tigris soloensis

Ngandong tiger

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Panthera tigris soloensis

Panthera tigris soloensis, known as the Ngandong tiger, is an extinct subspecies of the modern tiger species. It inhabited the Sundaland region of Indonesia during the Pleistocene epoch.

Appearance

The few remains of the Ngandong tiger suggest that it would have been about the size of a modern Bengal tiger. However, given the size of other remains, it may have been larger than a modern tiger. A large male could have weighed up to 400 kg (880 lb), in which case, it would have been heavier than the largest extant tiger subspecies, and similar in size to Panthera atrox (which could have weighed up to 420 kg), rendering it among the largest felids known to have ever lived.

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References

1. Panthera tigris soloensis Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_tigris_soloensis

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