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Size and weight of male Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris)
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Collection made by @ThadLad (YouTube) and updated by @whiteshadow0959 (Discord) a.k.a. @TigerWorld55 (YouTube)
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Weight (actual)Weight adjusted/emptyHead - Body Length (cm)Total length (cm)Shoulder height (cm)Chest Girth (cm)Neck Girth (cm)
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Mean221.8244201.7298104.6135.880.6
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Sample size23153116269958323
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Range146-320180-300167-234254-35285-121112-190.567-95
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*A.A. Dunbar Brander also shot 42 male tigers in Central India and found the mean body mass to be 190.5 kilograms. For more details about this, as well as contextual details on big game hunting records, watch this informational video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWIi61YClK0 But the overall mean body mass for 273 adult mainland bengal tigers is 217 kilograms (range 146 - 320 kg).
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Weights and measurements of wild male Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris)
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of >4 years of age (collection of hunting and scientific records - 1800s to 2026)
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(+) sign means the tiger exceeded the maximum capacity of the weighing scale
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Measurements taken over curves or straight line*
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ID / NameWeight (actual)Weight adjusted/emptyHead - Body Length (cm)Total length (cm)Shoulder height (cm)Chest Girth (cm)Neck Girth (cm)Age (est. or actual)Age classCapture date / yearLocationSource / Reference
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BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS OF TIGERS FROM CENTRAL INDIA (M.P. SIDE)
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T-7180180183276100.6116755Adult03/11/2015Panna Tiger ReserveGupta et. al 2021
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P-212213213-----4-5Young adult-Dr. Roamin pers. comm. 2022
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P-111227227211311113154795.5Adult20/10/2015Gupta et. al 2021
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P-243228228193295---6Adult20/05/2021
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T-3 "Betal"2022022033061051328315Old13/01/2018
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M-125 "Madla"250+225+----908-8.5Adult12/01/2002Chundawat et. al 2008
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M-91 "Old King"250+240+----6-6.5Adult11/04/1996
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-185-----Adult-Bandhavgarh National ParkParmakar pers. comm. 2025
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-200-----Adult-
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-220-------Dr. Gupta pers. comm. 2022
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-225----7-8Adult-
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-230-------
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"Ghunguti"260-----Adult21/11/2016Tiwari pers. comm. 2024
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"Kankatta"196.8196.8196.5-1081247510-11Old05/02/2014Kanha National ParkKanha Tiger Reserve in litt.
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"Banda"225+----6AdultFeb, 2007Sinha pers. comm. 2021
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"Konda"225+----5-1AdultOct, 2007
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T-28 "Bheema" ?240----4-5Young adult2015Sandeep Aggrawal pers. comm. 2023
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-250Jayanta Bora pers. comm. 2023
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-250
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-270
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T-6 "Poonchkata" ?285260Jhala pers. comm. 2021
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T-125 "Pattewala" ?260260-----Adult2021S.K. Singh pers. comm. 2025
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230-----Adult
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T-46 "Bhaishangat"-210320115186 (156)100 (90)8-9Adult11/03/2024Sandeep Aggarwal pers. comm. 2024
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-240230-----Adult-Moorthy pers. comm. 2025
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-300+300+-----Adult2005Subharanjan Sen pers. comm. 2025
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-230320110160-7Adult2023Guru Ghasidas National Park
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-185------AdultOctober 2025Jharkhand
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-200-----Adult--Jhala et al. 2017
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-260-------Adult-
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-190.5Avinash Yadav pers. comm. 2023
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T-02200+-----Adult01/01/2010Pench Tiger ReserveMajumdar et. al. 2012
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T-11 "Rayakassa"24024014-15Old2019Mishra pers. comm. 2023
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-220-----Adult-Pandey pers. comm. 2023
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T-43248-----Adult-Melghat Tiger ReserveRahul Dahit pers. comm. 2025
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-203Central IndiaThe English Illustrated Magazine, 1893
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-186Madhya PradeshQuarterly, 1956
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Hunter233+185.4 (s)277 (s)-1311896Central IndiaJBNHS Vol. 10, pp. 692
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220173 (s)262 (s)--
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194173 (s)264.5 (s)--
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256+193 (s)282 (s)-143
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190.5185.4 (s)279.4 (s)--
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-2251929Central ProvincesNovice, 1929
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A.E. Stewart213.2-284.5 (s)142.31927Central ProvincesTiger and other game, 1927
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--195.6 (s)289.6 (s)--1927
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--195.6 (s)284.5 (s)-152.41927
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-159Central ProvincesJBNHS Vol. 22, pp. 29-66
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-1611888Central ProvincesInverarity, 1888
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-2471910Gonda, Central IndiaRecords of Big game Hunting Vol. 8
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-203.21978Central ProvincesLockeyer, 1878
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Captain M.D. Jones318-210 (s)303.5 (s)--1907Central ProvincesRowland Ward, 1907
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F.C. Hicks--210.8 (s)297.2 (s)107190.524/03/1887Ghogri, Central India40 years among the wilds of India, 1910
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BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS OF TIGERS FROM DECCAN (M.H. SIDE)
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-180-----AdultVidharba landscape (Tadoba Tiger Reserve and Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary)Dr. Bilal pers. comm. 2015
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T-42 "Gabbar"185----7-8AdultOct, 2014
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UKT-1 "Jay"220220----4-5Young adult/adult13/09/2015
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-280280-----Young adultPost 2015Maharashta ?Dr. Hussain pers comm 2022idul
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"Brahma"194.3194.3185283102-93 (83)3-4Young adult13/05/2025Tadoba Tiger ReserveR. Ahuja pers. comm. 2023
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T-3 "Ookhan"220210----15-17Old12/05/2025