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  Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Tiger (Panthera tigris)
The upperparts and flanks are reddish orange to reddish ochre, underparts are creamy or white.
tigris is found in a variety of habitats throughout its region, requiring adequate shelter, water and prey.
tigris is an excellent hunter, it fails 90 percent of the time it attacks, assuring that its food source will not be depleted.
www.brainmuseum.org /Specimens/carnivora/tiger/index.html   (539 words)

  
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The bengal (Indian) tiger Panthera tigris tigris, distributed throughout the humid forests and grasslands of bangladesh, bhutan, China, India and nepal.
The indochinese tiger, Panthera tigris corbetti, distributed throughout the humid forests and grasslands of cambodia, China, laos, malaysia, myanmar, thailand and vietnam.
The Siberian (amur/ussuri/northeast China/Manchurian) tiger, Panthera tigris altaica, distributed throughout the humid forests and grasslands of China, North korea and the central asiatic areas of russia.
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 TIGERS - Scientific Classification
The Indo-Chinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) is one of the smallest tiger subspecies, weighing up to 182 kg (400 lb) and is about 2.8 m (9ft) in length.
The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is the smallest living tiger subspecies, weighing up to 120 kg (265 lb) and is about 2.4 m (8 ft) in length.
The Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) was exclusively found in Java Indonesia and went extinct in the early 1980's They had thin fl stripes that were usually double-looped.
www.seaworld.org /animal-info/info-books/tiger/scientific-classification.htm   (1153 words)

  
 Lioncrusher's Domain -- Tiger (Panthera tigris) facts and pictures
The Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) is smaller, darker in coloration, and has less bold stripes than the Bengal tiger.
The South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) also is smaller than the Bengal, has fewer stripes, and the white on its undersides extends further.
The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is the smallest subspecies of tiger, and has darker markings, the white on its underside receding more, and the stripes are doubled and thinner.
www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=71   (3375 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 9th Wimbledon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Binomial name Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Tigers (Latin:Panthera tigris, of Iranian origin: tighra) are mammals of the Felidae family and one of four big cats in the Panthera genus.
Binomial name Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large member of the cat family found primarily in the warm regions of the Americas.
A "summer camp" is the highlight of the year, as the troop head off en masse to a remote (and often picturesque) corner for a fortnight of fun and freedom.
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 Definition of Panthera tigris
Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four "big cats" that belong to the Panthera genus.
The Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Amur, Manchurian or North China tiger, is now confined almost totally to a very restricted part of eastern Russia where they are now protected.
The Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris mondaica) was limited to the Indonesian island of Java.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Panthera_tigris   (1496 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
The generic component of its scientific designation, Panthera tigris, is often presumed to derive from Greek pan- ("all") and ther ("beast"), but this may be a folk etymology.
The Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Siberian, Manchurian or North China tiger, is confined completely to the Amur region in far eastern Siberia, where it is now protected.
The South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis), also known as the Amoy or Xiamen tiger, is the most critically endangered subspecies of tiger and is listed as one of the 10 most endangered species in the world.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=tigers   (5537 words)

  
 Tiger Pictures
The North China Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), formerly the Amur or Siberian Tiger, alternately the Northeast China or Manchurian Tiger, is now confined almost totally to a very restricted part of eastern Russia.
The Caspian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) appears to have become extinct in the late 1960s, with the last reliable sighting in 1968.
Corbetts Tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti), or the Indo-Chinese Tiger, is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
www.junglewalk.com /photos/Tiger-pictures.htm   (864 words)

  
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Panthera is Latin for "roaring" cats, (therefore, I am not a Panthera).
The Amur tiger, Panthera tigris altaica, is found primarily in the Russian Far East; nearly extinct populations remain in northeast China and possibly North Korea.
The Indian or Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris, is the most common subspecies of tiger and is found scattered in forests throughout India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar (Burma).
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 Pictures of the tiger|Panthera tigris facts
There are different opinions among scientists, whether to call the Tiger Panthera tigris (Panthera tigris) and leave it in the genus Panthera together with the Lion and the other so-called Great cats or to call it Neofelis tigris and have it in the genus Neofelis together with the much smaller Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa).
Royal Bengal tiger is scientifically known as 'Panthera tigris' is an eminent member of the cat family.
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is an animal rivaled only by the lion in size, strength and ferocity.
www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Carnivora/Felidae/Panthera/Panthera-tigris.html   (904 words)

  
 Save The Tiger Fund | All About Tigers
South China Tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis that is thought to live in mountainous regions in south China, but there have been no recent confirmed sightings in the wild.
Caspian tiger Panthera tigris virgata that once ranged in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Mongolia, and the Central Asiatic area of Russia and probably went extinct in the 1950's.
Javan tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, formerly ranged on the Indonesian island of Java and was last seen in 1972.
www.savethetigerfund.org /Content/NavigationMenu2/Community/KidsandTeachers/AllAboutTigers/default.htm   (1061 words)

  
 Predator Conservation Trust: Tiger Information: Panthera Tigris
The Malay Tiger, Panthera Tigris Jacksoni was only classified as a subspecies recently - it was previously thought to be part of the Indochinese subspecies (Panthera Tigris Corbetti).
The Chinese Tiger (Panthera Tigris Amoyenses) is found mainly in the Yangtze valley in China and is believed to be near extinction.
The Siberian Tiger (Panthera Tigris Altaica) is found mainly in the Ussuri region of Siberia and is very rare in Manchuria and Korea.
www.predatorconservation.com /tiger.htm   (982 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The lion (Panthera leo) is a member of the family Felidae and one of four "big cats" in the genus Panthera.
Type species Felis pardus Linnaeus, 1758 Panthera is a genus of the family Felidae (the cats), which contains four well-known living species: the Lion, the Tiger, the Jaguar, and the Leopard.
The kilogram or kilogramme (symbol: kg) is the SI base unit of mass.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lion/External_links_and_references   (1343 words)

  
 "Information resources on tigers, panthera tigris: natural history, ecology, conservation, biology, and captive care"
Descriptors:  tigers, Panthera tigris, leopards, Panthera pardus, differential extinction rates, island populations, mathematical models, VORTEX population model, data on populations from literature, tigers less prone to losses than leopards, biogeography, animals lost after end of last glaciation period, Java, Sumatra, Bali, Indonesia.
Descriptors:  tigers, Panthera tigris, leopards, Panthera pardus, differential extinction rates, island populations, mathemetical models, VORTEX population model, data on populations from literature, tigers less prone to losses than leopards, biogeography, animals lost after end of last glaciation period, Java, Sumatra, Bali, Indonesia.
Panthera tigris, food habits, prey abundance, semi-arid deciduous forest, line transects, analysis of scats, chital, Axis axis, langur, Presbytis entellus, sambar, Cervus unicolor, nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus, wild pig, Sus scrofa, chinkara, Gazella bennetti, domestic livestock, population densities, wildlife conservation, Ranthambhore National Park, western India.
www.nal.usda.gov /awic/pubs/tigers.htm   (4600 words)

  
 Tigers Information Project...Tiger (Felidae tigris)
The Tiger is the largest member of the cat family, Felidae, Panthera tigris.
It lives in Asia and belongs to the same genus, Panthera, as the lion, leopard, and jaguar.
Two major subspecies exist: the Siberian (also called the Manchurian) tiger, Panthera tigris altaica, and the Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris.
www.planet-pets.com /plnttigr.htm   (0 words)

  
 WWF Italia - La tigre (Panthera tigris)
Sono soltanto 500 le tigri di Sumatra che vivono allo stato libero.
Sono inoltre state seguite circa cinquanta tigri nella Cina del Sud con apparecchiature di ripresa sensibili ai movimenti nel tentativo di rintracciare qualsiasi tigre di Java superstite.
Il WWF continua ad aiutare le tigri a vivere allo stato libero attraverso collaborazioni con i governi e le popolazioni del posto, allo scopo di poter creare, migliorare e gestire grandi riserve in Cina, India, Indonesia, Malesia, Russia, Tailandia e Vietnam.
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 ADW: Panthera tigris: Information
tigris) have the longest canines of any living large cat; from 7.5 to 10 cm in length.
tigris) have home range sizes from 200 to 1000 square kilometers (range 64 to 9252 km2); a male's home range averages between 2 to 15 times larger.
Smaller animals are sometimes taken when larger prey is unavailable, this includes large birds such as pheasants (Phasianinae), leopards (Panthera pardus), fish, crocodiles (Crocodylus), turtles, porcupines (Hystrix), rats, and frogs.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Panthera_tigris.html   (2553 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Big cat
Another distinction is the offspring of the great cats are called cubs while the offspring of the lesser big cats are referred to as kittens.
Three of the four largest cats are members of the genus Panthera; the cougar is the fourth largest cat, exceeding the leopard in size.
Some medium-sized cats like the Eurasian lynx may weigh as much as 25 kg (55 lb), but they are not considered big cats.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Big_cat   (560 words)

  
 BioMed Central | Full text | Genotyping faecal samples of Bengal tiger Panthera tigris tigrisfor population estimation: ...
The Bengal tiger or Panthera tigris tigris, the National Animal of India, is an endangered animal.
Though tiger populations were high at the turn of the last century, their numbers have reduced drastically due to hunting/poaching as well as human activities that have resulted in habitat fragmentation and prey depletion [1].
All the sequences were aligned in ClustalX 1.8 with Panthera tigris tigris [GenBank: AF 053018] as the reference sequence, to identify nucleotides that were found exclusively in tiger but not in the other species.
www.biomedcentral.com /1471-2156/7/48   (6572 words)

  
 Jungle Eyes - Tigers
Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) Extinct in the 1980's
Caspian Tiger or Persian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) Extinct in the late 1960's
The Bengal Tiger or Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a subspecies of tiger found through the rainforests and grasslands of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, India and Nepal.
www.jungledomain.org /tigers.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Planet - Nieuw: de Maleisische tijger
De tijgers van Maleisië, die tot voor kort tot de Indochinese tijger (Panthera tigris corbetti) werden gerekend, blijken recht te hebben op een eigen naam: Panthera tigris jacksoni.
Naast zijn wetenschappelijk naam Panthera tigris jacksoni, heeft het dier de naam ‘Maleisische tijger’ meegekregen.
Begin jaren zestig volgde Kaspische tijger (Panthera tigris virgata), die kenmerkende lange buikharen had.
www.planet.nl /planet/show/id=434614/contentid=531261/sc=c5b8d3   (314 words)

  
 IUCN
Researchers plan to name the recently identified Malayan tiger, a new subspecies, Panthera tigris jacksoni to honour the career of tiger conservationist Peter Jackson, former Chair and still active member of the Species Survival Commission’s Cat Specialist Group.
One group is confined to the Malayan peninsula and the other across the rest of the traditional Indochinese tiger range (see distribution map).
The newly identified subspecies has the common name Malayan tiger, to emphasize its geographical range, and the scientific name Panthera tigris jacksoni, in honour of Peter Jackson’s career and dedication to tiger conservation.
www.iucn.org /THEMES/SSC/news/2005_articles/jackson_tiger.html   (534 words)

  
 2007 IUCN Red List – Search
In the 1800s tigers were widespread on the Indonesia island of Java, but by 1970 had become restricted to the Meru Betiri Reserve on the eastern south coast.
Panthera tigris sondaica was last positively recorded during a survey there in 1976.
Seidensticker, J. Bearing witness: Observations on the extinction of Panthera tigris balica and Panthera tigris sondaica.
www.iucnredlist.org /search/details.php/41681/all   (307 words)

  
 2002 Federal Register, 67 FR 70236; Centralized Library: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - FR Doc 02-29534
The applicant requests a permit to import the sport-hunted trophy of one male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus dorcas) culled from a captive herd maintained under the management program of the Republic of South Africa for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species.
The applicant requests a permit to export, re-export, and re-import a captive-born tiger (Panthera tigris) and its future progeny to/from worldwide locations to enhance the survival of the species through conservation education.
The applicant requests a permit to export, re-export, and re-import captive-born tigers (Panthera tigris) and their future progeny to/from Canada to enhance the survival of the species through conservation education.
www.fws.gov /policy/library/02fr70236.html   (516 words)

  
 Wild Cats | Wildlife Conservation | Endangered Wildlife|Tiger (Panthera tigris)
Tigers, with their bright orange colour, familiar striped pattern, and large size, are the most easily recognizable wild cat to most people.
Like the lion Panthera leo in Africa, tigers have had a long history and have been a powerful presence in the lives of the people of India and southeast Asia.
The SSP program has gone on to become a successful model for Sumatran tigers Panthera tigris sumatrae, as well as Asiatic lions Panthera leo persica, cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus, snow leopards Uncia uncia, and clouded leopards Neofelis nebulosa.
www.wildcatconservation.org /Tiger_(Panthera_tigris).html   (1484 words)

  
 San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Tiger
Bengal or Indian tiger Panthera tigris tigris— This is the most common subspecies of tiger.
Indochinese tiger Panthera tigris corbetti— These tigers are about 20 percent smaller and are darker than Bengal tigers.
Malaysian tiger Panthera tigris jacksoni — This is the subspecies at the San Diego Zoo.
www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-tiger.html   (1079 words)

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