Discoveries
Fossils of the Ngandong tiger were Excavation (archaeology), excavated primarily near the village of Ngandong, hence the common name. Only seven fossils are known, making study of the animal difficult.Description
The few remains of the Ngandong tiger suggest that it would have been about the size of a modern Bengal tiger. However, given the size of other remains, it may have been larger than a modern tiger. A large male could have weighed up to , in which case, it would have been heavier than the largest extant tiger subspecies, and similar in size to ''American lion, Panthera atrox'' (which could have weighed up to 420 kg), rendering it among the largest felids known to have ever lived.Paleoecology
In addition to the remains of the Ngandong tiger, many other fossils from the same era have been discovered in Ngandong, like the proboscideans ''Stegodon trigonocephalus'' and ''Elephas hysudrindicus'', the bovines ''Bubalus palaeokerabau'' and ''Bos palaesondaicus'', the extant perissodactyls ''Tapirus indicus'' and ''Rhinoceros sondaicus'', and a great variety of cervine species. ''Homo erectus soloensis'' fossils are also known from the area.See also
* Bornean tiger * Prehistoric tigers: ''Panthera tigris trinilensis'' ''Panthera tigris acutidens'' * ''Panthera zdanskyi''References
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