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Valvert. 2010. The Tiger Sauraha

Description of the tiger T-105, know as the Sauraha male. One of the heaviest male tigers captured by modern scientist in the field.

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Valvert. 2010. The Tiger Sauraha

Description of the tiger T-105, know as the Sauraha male. One of the heaviest male tigers captured by modern scientist in the field.

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The Sauraha Male

Chitwan NP, Nepal


By Raúl Valvert
August, 2010.

This is the size of the tiger T-105, know as “Sauraha”:


Total length: 310 cm, in straight line.
Tail length: 113 cm.
Chest girth: 140 cm.
Neck girth: 80 cm.
Upper canines: 6.5 cm (from the gum line)
Lower canines: 5.5 cm (from the gum line)
Weight: 261 kg.

This tiger was weighed several times, from 1974 to 1980.


In the first occasions, he bottomed the scale of 500 lb
(227 kg) that was used by Dr Sunquist. However, in his
last capture, a scale of 600 lb (272 kg) has used by Dr
Dinerstein and his team, but again, this tiger bottom it! At
the end, the official figure was stated at 261 kg, based in
a regression equation of chest-girth – weight. It most be
taken in count that just in the first occasions, this tiger
was baited, while in the latter captures he was found
thanks to the radio-collar signal.

Size of the Sauraha male. Image by Raúl Valvert.

References:
• Dinerstein, E. 2003. Return of the Unicorns. Columbia University Press. 384 pp.
• Smith, J. L. D., M. E. Sunquist, K. M. Tamang, and P. B. Rai. 1983. A technique
technique for capturing and immobilizing
tigers. Journal of Wildlife Management 47: 255-259.
• Sunquist, M. 1981. The social organization of tigers (Panthera tigris) in Royal Chitawan National Park, Nepal.
Smithsonian Contributions in Zoology 336: 1-98.
• Dr Mel Sunquist and Dr Eric Dinerstein, personal communications.

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