Panthera tigris

Panthera tigris tigris, Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera tigris
Subspecies (2): P. t. tigris – P. t. sondaica
[source: Kitchener et al. (2017)]

Name

• Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: “Asia”, restricted to “Bengal, India” by Thomas (1911).

Combinations

• Felis tigris Linnaeus, 1758: 41 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Tigris striatus Severtzov, 1858: 386 [renaming of Felis tigris Linnaeus, 1758]
• Tigris regalis Gray, 1867: 263 [renaming of Felis tigris Linnaeus, 1758]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 41.
• Gray, J. E. 1867. Notes on the skulls of the cats (Felidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 258–277.
• Severtzov, N. 1858. Notice sur la classification multisériale des Carnivores, specialement des Félidés et les études de zoologie générale qui s'y rattachent. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée, ser. 2., 10: 385–393.

Additional references

• Luo, S. J., Kim, J. H., Johnson, W. E., Walt, J. vd, & Martenson, J. 2004. Phylogeography and Genetic Ancestry of Tigers (Panthera tigris). PLoS Biology 2(12): e442. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020442
• Kitchener, A.C., Breitenmoser-Würsten, Ch., Eizirik, E., Gentry, A., Werdelin, L., Wilting, A., Yamaguchi, N., Abramov, A.V., Christiansen, P., Driscoll, C., Duckworth, J.W., Johnson, W., Luo, S.-J., Meijaard, E., O’Donoghue, P., Sanderson, J., Seymour, K., Bruford, M., Groves, C., Hoffmann, M., Nowell, K., Timmons, Z. & Tobe, S. 2017. A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/ SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11: 80 pp. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Panthera tigris in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Akan: Osebo
Alemannisch: Tigr
العربية: ببر
অসমীয়া: বাঘ
Boarisch: Tieger, Tiger
беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Тыгр
беларуская: Тыгр
български: Тигър
বাংলা: বাঘ
bosanski: Tigar
català: Tigre
čeština: Tygr
словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ: Тїгръ
dansk: Tiger
Deutsch: Tiger
Ελληνικά: Τίγρης
English: Tiger
Esperanto: Tigro
español: Tigre
eesti: Tiiger
suomi: Tiikeri
français: Tigre
galego: Tigre
ગુજરાતી: વાઘ
עברית: טיגריס
हिन्दी: बाघ (bāgh), शेर (sher), सिंह (siṅh)
hrvatski: Tigar
magyar: Tigris
հայերեն: վագր
Bahasa Indonesia: Harimau
íslenska: Tígrisdýr
italiano: Tigre
日本語: トラ
Jawa: Macan
한국어: 호랑이
Limburgs: Tieger
മലയാളം: കടുവ
монгол: Бар
मराठी: वाघ (vāgh)
Bahasa Melayu: Harimau
Malti: Tigra
Nederlands: Tijger
norsk nynorsk: Tiger
norsk: Tiger
Diné bizaad: Náshdóítsoh noodǫ́zígíí
polski: Tygrys
português: Tigre
română: Tigru
русский: Тигр
संस्कृतम्: व्याघ्र: (VyāghraH)
slovenščina: Tiger
српски / srpski: Тигар / Tigar
Sunda: Maung lodaya
Sunda: Maung lodaya
svenska: Tiger
தமிழ்: புலி
తెలుగు: పులి
ไทย: เสือโคร่ง, เสือลายพาดกลอน
Türkçe: Kaplan
українська: Тигр
Tiếng Việt: Hổ
中文: 虎

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