How big does a Tiger get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Tiger (Panthera tigris) reaches an average size of 1.83 meter (6′ 0″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 26.25 years, they grow from 1.32 kg (2.9 lbs) to 162.28 kg (357.76 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Tigers have 2 babies about 1 times per year. The Tiger (genus: Panthera) is a member of the family Felidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest extant cat species and a member of the genus Panthera. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange-brown fur with a lighter underside. It is an apex predator, primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and wild boar. It is territorial and generally a solitary but social predator, requiring large contiguous areas of habitat, which support its requirements for prey and rearing of its offspring. Tiger cubs stay with their mother for about two years, before they become independent and leave their mother’s home range to establish their own.The tiger once ranged widely from the Eastern Anatolia Region in the west to the Amur River basin, and in the south from the foothills of the Himalayas to Bali in the Sunda islands. Since the early 20th century, tiger populations have lost at least 93% of their historic range and have been extirpated in Western and Central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and in large areas of Southeast and South Asia and China. Today’s tiger range is fragmented, stretching from Siberian temperate forests to subtropical and tropical forests on the Indian subcontinent and Sumatra. The tiger is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List. As of 2015, the global wild tiger population was estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 mature individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century, with most remaining populations occurring in small pockets isolated from each other. Major reasons for population decline include habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. This, coupled with the fact that it lives in some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant conflicts with humans.The tiger is among the most recognisable and popular of the world’s charismatic megafauna. It featured prominently in ancient mythology and folklore and continues to be depicted in modern films and literature, appearing on many flags, coats of arms and as mascots for sporting teams. The tiger is the national animal of India, Bangladesh, Malaysia and South Korea.
Animals of the same family as a Tiger
We found other animals of the Felidae family:
- Cat with an average maximal age of 34 years
- Ocelot with a size of 74.6 cm (2′ 6″)
- Jaguarundi with a size of 70.4 cm (2′ 4″)
- African golden cat with a size of 79.9 cm (2′ 8″)
- Pallas’s cat with a size of 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Bay cat with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Iberian lynx with a size of 96.3 cm (3′ 2″)
- Chinese mountain cat with a size of 78.6 cm (2′ 7″)
- European wildcat with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Cougar with a size of 1.4 meter (4′ 8″)
Animals with the same size as a Tiger
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tiger:
- Australian sea lion with a size of 1.8 meter (5′ 11″)
- Vaquita with a size of 1.52 meter (5′ 0″)
- Asian elephant with a size of 1.92 meter (6′ 4″)
- Pygmy hippopotamus with a size of 1.6 meter (5′ 3″)
- Hartebeest with a size of 1.98 meter (6′ 6″)
- Polar bear with a size of 2 meter (6′ 7″)
- Nyala with a size of 1.94 meter (6′ 5″)
- Common tsessebe with a size of 1.7 meter (5′ 7″)
- Bighorn sheep with a size of 1.57 meter (5′ 2″)
- Atlantic spotted dolphin with a size of 2.13 meter (7′ 0″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Tiger
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Tiger:
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur
- Canada lynx
- Stephens’s kangaroo rat
- Golden bandicoot
- Low’s squirrel
- European snow vole
- Golden mouse
- Common echymipera
- Val’s gundi
- Greater Egyptian jerboa
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Tiger
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Tiger:
- Sambar deer with an average maximal age of 26.42 years
- Coyote with an average maximal age of 21.83 years
- Golden lion tamarin with an average maximal age of 24.75 years
- Indian flying fox with an average maximal age of 31.33 years
- Brown fur seal with an average maximal age of 21 years
- Buru babirusa with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Ring-tailed lemur with an average maximal age of 30 years
- Muskox with an average maximal age of 24 years
- Collared peccary with an average maximal age of 24.42 years
- Crested mona monkey with an average maximal age of 24.08 years
Animals with the same weight as a Tiger
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Panthera tigris:
- Dwarf sperm whale with a weight of 183 kilos (403.45 lbs)
- Red hartebeest with a weight of 176.12 kilos (388.28 lbs)
- Barasingha with a weight of 171.22 kilos (377.48 lbs)
- Siberian ibex with a weight of 130 kilos (286.6 lbs)
- Nilgai with a weight of 181.63 kilos (400.43 lbs)
- Harp seal with a weight of 132 kilos (291.01 lbs)
- Père David’s deer with a weight of 165.5 kilos (364.86 lbs)
- Visayan warty pig with a weight of 189.4 kilos (417.56 lbs)
- Bornean bearded pig with a weight of 135.4 kilos (298.51 lbs)
- Asinus with a weight of 172.5 kilos (380.3 lbs)