MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Panthera tigris

Accepted taxon: Panthera tigris
Taxon:	Panthera tigris
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Felidae \| Pantherinae \| Panthera
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Panthera tigris diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 6, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 3, CP (Crude Protein) 71, EE (Ether Extract) 19. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Panthera tigris.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Sus scrofa	WHOLE	15.15	Ahmed, K.…
Rusa unicolor	WHOLE	9.70	Ahmed, K.…
Cervus	WHOLE	7.69	Grzimek,B…
Axis axis	WHOLE	5.99	Ahmed, K.…
Rucervus duvaucelii	WHOLE	5.90	Ahmed, K.…
Artiodactyla	WHOLE	5.52	Smith,A. …
Bos	WHOLE	4.71	Ahmed, K.…
Axis porcinus	WHOLE	4.15	Ahmed, K.…
Bos taurus	WHOLE	4.14	Smith,A. …
Bovinae	WHOLE	3.94	Nowak,R. …
Mammalia	WHOLE	3.90	Ahmed, K.…
Bos frontalis	WHOLE	3.47	Grzimek,B…
Boselaphus tragocamelus	WHOLE	3.24	Ahmed, K.…
Equus caballus	WHOLE	2.76	Smith,A. …
Bubalus bubalis	WHOLE	2.23	Ahmed, K.…
Muntiacus muntjak	WHOLE	2.22	Ahmed, K.…
Capreolus	WHOLE	2.21	Smith,A. …
Semnopithecus entellus	WHOLE	1.64	Ahmed, K.…
Bovidae	WHOLE	1.48	Nowak,R. …
Hystrix indica	WHOLE	1.15	Ahmed, K.…
Ursus thibetanus	WHOLE	1.10	Smith,A. …
Proboscidea	WHOLE	1.05	Grzimek,B…
Aves	WHOLE	0.96	Ahmed, K.…
Rhinocerotidae	WHOLE	0.90	Grzimek,B…
Rodentia	WHOLE	0.87	Ahmed, K.…
Primates	WHOLE	0.75	Grzimek,B…
Homo sapiens	WHOLE	0.69	Smith,A. …
Ursus arctos	WHOLE	0.55	Smith,A. …
Lepus (Eulagos)	WHOLE	0.47	Ahmed, K.…
Reptilia	WHOLE	0.45	Grzimek,B…
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	0.30	Grzimek,B…
Phasianidae	WHOLE	0.24	Ahmed, K.…
Vertebrata	CARRION	0.15	Grzimek,B…

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Panthera tigris.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	John L. G…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	John L. G…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Panthera tigris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	65,000	-	340,500	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	4	-	-	-	107,573.75	-	-	Engelman,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	6	-	6	-	-	143,000	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	161,915	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	6	-	6	-	-	1,740	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	1,843.51	-	-	Engelman,…
Occipital condyle width (OCW)	nan	mm	4	4	-	-	-	53.64	-	-	Engelman,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Panthera tigris.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
brainmass	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	270	-	-	Engelman,…
skull_length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	294	-	-	Engelman,…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	482	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	97	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	31	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	104	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	30	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	224	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	1	1	-	-	-	23,995	-	-	Genoud, M…
relative blade length (RBL)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Juhn, M.S…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Panthera tigris.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Panthera tigris	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Ahmed, K. and Khan, J.A., 2022. Food habit of Tiger (Panthera tigris) in Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest of Dudhwa National Park, Uttar Pradesh, India. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 48(6), pp.715-720.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Engelman, R.K., 2022. Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. BMC biology, 20(1), p.37.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Nelson, A., Engelman, R.K. and Croft, D.A., 2023. How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(3), pp.773-809.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Panthera tigris	Juhn, M.S., Balisi, M.A., Doughty, E.M., Friscia, A.R., Howenstine, A.O., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S. and Van Valkenburgh, B., 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology, pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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