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Tiger - Panthera tigris - Tijger
Pakistan to China, Korea, Indochina and Sumatra.
The following 9 subspecies are being recognized:
Panthera tigris tigris - India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh;
Panthera tigris virgata - formerly South-Caucasus and coast of Caspian Sea to Lake Balkhash and Altai Mountains. Extinct since 1998;
Panthera tigris altaica - Russian Far East and Northeast-China;
Panthera tigris corbetti - Indochina north of the Malayan Peninsula;
Panthera tigris jacksoni - Peninsular Malaysia;
Panthera tigris amoyensis - formerly South-China. Extinct in the wild since 1970s;
Panthera tigris sondaica - formerly Java. Extinct since 1970s;
Panthera tigris balica - formerly Bali. Extinct since 1937;
Panthera tigris sumatrae - Sumatra.
Of this species there are no Nature Photo's available.