What is the size of the Bengal tiger?

Answer 1

The male Bengal tiger have a total length from 270-310 cm, however the head and body length range from 180-204 cm, sometimes up to 221 cm. The size of the tail is normally about the 30-33% of the total length, but can measure from 81 to 113 cm in extreme cases. The total length of the females is 240-265 cm, and the tail represent about the 33% of the total length. The height to the shoulders is about 90-110 cm in the males and 75-85 cm in the females. The males can weight from 158-270 kg and the females from 100-177 kg. The largest specimens are from Nepal and the north of India, while the smallest are from the Sundarbans.

Answer 2

They weigh from the range of 240-500 pounds.
The average height to the shoulders of the Bengal tigers is of 90 cm (3 ft) in males and 80 cm (2.6 ft) in females. However the largest males can reach up to 110 cm (3.6 ft).

Answer 3

A study was done in 1999 on tigers in India, and found these dimensions.

Eleven tigresses studied averaged 297 pounds in weight, stood 33 inches at the shoulder, and measured 8 feet 3 inches from nose tip to tip of the tail.

The largest tigress was 315 pounds, 34 inches at the shoulder, 8 feet seven inches long.

The same study took measurements from nine males tigers and found;

The average male was 496 pounds, 39 inches at the shoulder, nine feet seven inches in length.

The biggest was 601 pounds, 41 inches at the shoulder, ten feet two inches long.

It should be noted that these tigers were from the northern areas of India, where tigers grow slightly larger than those of the southern regions. The average tiger from the Sundarbans mangrove swamps for instance, for males, 425-440 pounds, and 250-290 for tigresses.

Answer 4

The Bengal tiger's size varies somewhat region to region. In southern India and Bangladesh, males average nine and a quarter feet in length and average 420-475 pounds. In northern India and Nepal, male tigers can be as much as six hundred pounds, but average 490-525 pounds. These males can be ten feet long or more.

Tigresses are smaller, avaeraging 290 -325 pounds. One tigress, however, weighed 420 pounds and was nine feet long.

Answer 5

Adult bengal tigers weigh from 300 pounds to 540 pounds. They can be up to 600 pounds if they are very big.

Answer 6

A large male bengal tiger can weigh up to 600 pounds at most and be 9 ft long.

Answer 7

=Bengal Tigers are usual 10 feet.==but there has bean a rumorer going around about seeing a Bengal Tiger being 14 feet, but most people do not believe this.=

Answer 8

Bengal tiger cubs weigh about 2 pounds at birth. The gestation period is 3 to 4 months, and up to 5 cubs are born in the litter.