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  2. Tiger - Wikipedia

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    Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) [2] Population Description Image Bengal tiger formerly P. t. tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) [2] This population inhabits the Indian subcontinent. [17] The Bengal tiger has shorter fur than tigers further north, [8] with a light tawny to orange-red colouration, [8] [18] and relatively long and narrow nostrils. [19]

  3. Bengal tiger - Wikipedia

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    Felis tigris was the scientific name used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for the tiger. [1] It was subordinated to the genus Panthera by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1929. Bengal is the traditional type locality of the species and the nominate subspecies Panthera tigris tigris. [2] The validity of several tiger subspecies in continental Asia was ...

  4. South China tiger - Wikipedia

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    Panthera tigris subsp. amoyensis (Hilzheimer, 1905) The South China tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to southern China. [ 2 ] The population mainly inhabited the Fujian , Guangdong , Hunan and Jiangxi provinces.

  5. Indochinese tiger - Wikipedia

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    The Indochinese tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to Southeast Asia. [1] This population occurs in Myanmar and Thailand.In 2011, the population was thought to comprise 342 individuals, including 85 in Myanmar and 20 in Vietnam, with the largest population unit surviving in Thailand, estimated at 189 to 252 individuals during the period 2009 to 2014.

  6. Panthera - Wikipedia

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    Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae.It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger.

  7. Tigers in India - Wikipedia

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    The Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris [NCBI:txid74535]) [7] is the species found all across the country except Thar desert region, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Kutch region. [8] These can attain the largest body size among all the Felidae, [6]: 29 and therefore are called Royal Bengal Tigers.

  8. White tiger - Wikipedia

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    Dark-striped white individuals are well-documented in the Bengal tiger subspecies (Panthera tigris) as well as having been reported historically in several other subspecies. [1] Currently [when?], several hundred white tigers are in captivity worldwide, with about one hundred being found in India.

  9. Tiger conservation - Wikipedia

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    Panthera is a conservation organization that’s the main goal is to preserve wild cats focusing on tigers, lions, snow leopards, and jaguars. [53] In July 2006, Panthera collaborated with the Wildlife Conservation Society to form Tigers Forever, one of their main tiger projects. [54]