Tigers can take ungulate prey at least five times their weight, including large bovids, elephants, rhinos, leopards, and bears.
Physically, tigers are powerful, burly animals, well equipped to single-handedly capture and subdue prey at least fives times their own weight. The skull is large and foreshortened, which increases the bite strength on a formidable set of canine teeth.
Tigers can take ungulate prey much larger than themselves, including large bovids, such as water buffalo, gaur, and banteng, and even elephants, rhinos, leopards, and bears.
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• Sources | (Goodrich et al., 2015; Nowell & Jackson, 1996; Tilson & Nyhus, 2010; World Animal Foundation, Tiger, Tiger Fact Sheet)
