Panthera tigris

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Panthera tigris altaica

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Feliformia
Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera tigris
Subspecies: P. t. altaica - P. t. amoyensis - P. t. corbetti - P. t. jacksoni - P. t. sumatrae - P. t. tigris - †P. t. trinilensis - †P. t. virgata

[edit] Name

Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Panthera tigris (Mazák, 1968)

Type locality: Asia (Bengal, India (Thomas, 1911))

[edit] Synonyms

Felis tigris Linnaeus, 1758

[edit] References

• Panthera tigris on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Linnaeus: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1: 41.
• Luo, S.J., J.H. Kim, W.E. Johnson, J. vd Walt & J. Martenson: Phylogeography and Genetic Ancestry of Tigers (Panthera tigris). PLoS Biol 2(12): e442 (2004).
• Mazák, J.H. & C.P. Groves: A taxonomic revision of the tigers (Panthera tigris) of Southeast Asia. Mammalian Biology 71(5): 268-287 (2006).[1]
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN link: Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Endangered)

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