World's Biggest Cat!

The largest member of the cat family (Felidae) is the long-furred Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Amur or Manchurian tiger. Adult males average 1o feet 4 inches in length (nose to tip of extended tail), stand 39-42 inches at the shoulder, and weigh about 585 lbs. A male weighing 846.5 lbs. was shot in the Sikhote Alin Mountains, Maritime Territory, U.S.S.R. in 1950. In November, 1967, an 857 lb. Indian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) was shot in northern Utter Pradesh by David H. Hasinger of Philadelphia. It measured 10 feet 7 inches long (between taxidermist's pegs), or 11 feet 1 inch over the curves, compared with 9 feet 3 inches and 420 lbs. for the average adult male. It is now on display in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.