What is the largest living sub-species of the tiger?
"Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the tiger became a symbol of the unrecognised state of Tamil Eelam and Tamil independence movement. The Bengal tiger is the national animal of India and Bangladesh. The Malaysian tiger is the national animal of Malaysia. The Siberian tiger is the national animal of South Korea. Since the successful economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore were described as the Four Asian Tigers, a tiger economy is a metaphor for a nation in rapid development. A to Z Essays : Essay on Tiger Tiger The tiger (""Panthera tigris"") is the largest cat"
"Tiger The tiger (""Panthera tigris"") is the largest cat species, most recognizable for its pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. The species is classified in the genus ""Panthera"" with the lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard. It is an apex predator, primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and bovids. It is territorial and generally a solitary but social predator, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support its prey requirements. This, coupled with the fact that it is indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant"
"carnivorans. Smaller individuals, such as the holotype specimen, hit around 200 kg (441 lbs). Based off this smaller specimen, the largest specimens of this species would have reached weights close to 300 kg (661.4 lbs), which rivals the mass of the largest tiger sub-species, and is only exceeded by ""Smilodon populator"", ""Panthera atrox"", and several amphicyonids and ursids. The other species were smaller in size, but still quite large. ""Dinocrocuta"" had a large range and ruled most of the Eurasia and some parts of Africa. ""D. gigantea"" ranged from Central China to Spain , and encompased areas imbetween, like Mongolia,"
"a tiger shark, but since this is far larger than any scientifically observed specimen, verification would be needed. Among the largest extant sharks, the tiger shark ranks in average size only behind the whale shark (""Rhincodon typus""), the basking shark (""Cetorhinus maximus""), and the great white shark (""Carcharodon carcharias""). Some other species such as megamouth sharks (""Megachasma pelagios""), Pacific sleeper sharks (""Somniosus pacificus""), Greenland sharks (""Somniosus microcephalus""), and bluntnose sixgill sharks (""Hexanchus griseus"") broadly overlap in size with the tiger shark, but as these species are comparatively poorly studied, whether their typical mature size matches that of the tiger shark"
"decline and increase species diversity. Of all tiger subspecies, the Indochinese tiger is the least represented in captivity and not part of a coordinated breeding program. As of 2007, 14 individuals were recognized as Indochinese tigers based on genetic analysis of 105 captive tigers in 14 countries. National Geographic Society News Watch contributor Jordan Schaul wrote: Tiger populations: Bengal tiger Siberian tiger Sumatran tiger South Chinese tiger Caspian tiger Bali tiger Javan tiger {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiger, Indochinese]] Indochinese tiger The Indochinese tiger (""Panthera tigris tigris"", syn. ""Panthera tigris corbetti"") is a tiger population in Southeast Asia. This population occurs in Myanmar, Thailand,"
"populations in those regions is considered to have been possible during the Pleistocene. Therefore, it was proposed to recognize only two tiger subspecies as valid, namely ""P. t. tigris"" in mainland Asia, and ""P. t. sondaica"" in the Greater Sunda Islands and possibly in Sundaland. In 2015, morphological, ecological and molecular traits of all putative tiger subspecies were analysed in a combined approach. Results support distinction of the two evolutionary groups continental and Sunda tigers. The authors proposed recognition of only two subspecies, namely ""P. t. tigris"" comprising the Bengal, Malayan, Indochinese, South Chinese, Siberian and Caspian tiger populations, and"
"tiger in his work ""Systema Naturae"" and gave it the scientific name ""Felis tigris"". In 1929, the British taxonomist Reginald Innes Pocock subordinated the species under the genus ""Panthera"" using the scientific name ""Panthera tigris"". The tiger's closest living relatives were previously thought to be the ""Panthera"" species lion, leopard and jaguar. Results of genetic analysis indicate that about 2.88 million years ago, the tiger and the snow leopard lineages diverged from the other ""Panthera"" species, and that both may be more closely related to each other than to the lion, leopard and jaguar. Results of a phylogeographic study indicate"
"and starring Willem Dafoe. Thylacine The thylacine ( , or , also ; ""Thylacinus cynocephalus"") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped lower back) or the Tasmanian wolf (because of its canid-like appearance, traits and attributes). Native to continental Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, it is believed to have become extinct in the 20th century. It was the last extant member of its family, Thylacinidae; specimens of other members of the family have been found in the fossil record dating back to the late Oligocene. Surviving"
"Thylacine The thylacine ( , or , also ; ""Thylacinus cynocephalus"") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (because of its striped lower back) or the Tasmanian wolf (because of its canid-like appearance, traits and attributes). Native to continental Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, it is believed to have become extinct in the 20th century. It was the last extant member of its family, Thylacinidae; specimens of other members of the family have been found in the fossil record dating back to the late Oligocene. Surviving evidence suggests that it"
"Eastern gorilla The eastern gorilla (""Gorilla beringei"") is a critically endangered species of the genus ""Gorilla"" and the largest living primate. At present, the species is subdivided into two subspecies. Grauer's gorilla, formerly known as the eastern lowland gorilla (""G. b. graueri"") is more populous, at about 3,800 individuals. The mountain gorilla (""G. b. beringei"") has only about 880 individuals. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature mentioned illegal hunting in its assessment of threats to the species. There are two recognised subspecies of eastern gorilla: the mountain gorilla (""Gorilla beringei beringei"") of the volcanic slopes of Rwanda, Uganda"
"is considered to have been possible during the Pleistocene. Therefore, it was proposed to recognize only two tiger subspecies as valid, namely ""P. t. tigris"" in mainland Asia, and ""P. t. sondaica"" in the Greater Sunda Islands and possibly in Sundaland. In 2015, morphological, ecological and molecular traits of all putative tiger subspecies were analysed in a combined approach. Results support distinction of the two evolutionary groups continental and Sunda tigers. The authors proposed recognition of only two subspecies, namely ""P. t. tigris"" comprising the Bengal, Malayan, Indochinese, South Chinese, Siberian and Caspian tiger populations, and ""P. t. sondaica"" comprising"
"Liger The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (""Panthera leo"") and a female tiger (""Panthera tigris""). The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species. The liger is distinct from the similar hybrid tigon, and is the largest of all known extant felines. They enjoy swimming, which is a characteristic of tigers, and are very sociable like lions. Notably, ligers typically grow larger than either parent species, unlike tigons. The history of lion-tiger hybrids dates to at least the early 19th century in India. In 1798, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844) made a colour plate"
"They are also the largest of the mole salamanders, and have very large larvae. All populations have similar lifestyles, and their lifecycles are identical. However, when one looks at tiger salamander populations distant from each other, different species within this complex become apparent. The ranges of these potential species overlap, and hybridization occurs, blurring the lines between species. Several subspecies of ""A. tigrinum"" were named to deal with this problem. Recently, the barred tiger salamander (""A. mavortium"") was elevated to species status—covering the tiger salamander populations in the western and central United States. Several distinct subspecies still exist in ""A."
"broadest historical sense) the largest genus of tiger beetles, and they occur worldwide. The status of the genus is constantly in a state of flux, as various authorities on different continents have vastly different opinions about which (if any) of the dozens of subgenera traditionally recognized within the genus are deserving of being accorded status as independent genera. Moreover, this is one of the few insect taxa in which the rank of subspecies has traditionally been used repeatedly, and essentially no two classifications consistently treat the various members of the genus as to which are species and which are subspecies."
"(lioness) has a growth inhibitor, but the female tiger has no growth inhibitor. The liger is the largest feline hybrid, but the Siberian tiger is one of the largest natural subspecies. Ligers enjoy swimming, which is a characteristic of tigers, and are very sociable like lions. Notably, ligers typically grow larger than either parent species, unlike tigons which tend to be about as large as a female tiger. A tigon is the hybrid of a male tiger and a female lion. The tigon is not as common as the converse hybrid, the liger. Contrary to some beliefs, the tigon ends"
"""Panthera tigris tigris"". The validity of several tiger subspecies in continental Asia was questioned in 1999. Morphologically, tigers from different regions vary little, and gene flow between populations in those regions is considered to have been possible during the Pleistocene. Therefore, it was proposed to recognize only two subspecies as valid, namely ""P. t. tigris"" in mainland Asia, and ""P. t. sondaica"" in the Greater Sunda Islands and possibly in Sundaland. In 2017, the Cat Classification Task Force of the Cat Specialist Group revised felid taxonomy and now recognizes the extinct and living tiger populations in continental Asia as ""P."
"Goliath birdeater The Goliath birdeater (""Theraphosa blondi"") belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass and size, but it is second to the giant huntsman spider by leg-span. It is also called the Goliath bird-eating spider; the practice of calling theraphosids ""bird-eating"" derives from an early 18th-century copper engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian that shows one . Despite the spider's name, it only rarely preys on birds. Unlike other species of spider/tarantula, females do not eat the males during mating. Females mature in 3 to 6 years"
"the Sundarbans East Wildlife sanctuary documented habitat-use patterns of tigers, and abundances of tiger prey, and another study investigated tiger parasite load. Some major threats to tigers have been identified. The tigers living in the Sundarbans are threatened by habitat destruction, prey depletion, highly aggressive and rampant intraspecific competition, tiger-human conflict, and direct tiger loss. The tiger population in the Terai of Nepal is split into three isolated subpopulations that are separated by cultivation and densely settled habitat. The largest population lives in Chitwan National Park and in the adjacent Parsa National Park encompassing an area of of prime lowland"
"is represented on all continents except Australia (where domestic cats have been introduced) and the Antarctic. The species vary in size from the tiny black-footed cat (""Felis nigripes"") at only 2 kg (4.5 lb) to the tiger (""Panthera tigris"") at 300 kg (660 lb). Diet ranges from large to small mammals, birds and insects (depending on species size.) Family Hyaenidae (hyenas and aardwolf) has four extant species and two subspecies. All show features of convergent evolution with canids, including non-retractile claws, long muzzles, and adaptations to running for long distances. They are extant in the Middle East, India and Africa."
"tiger. Following Carl Linnaeus's first descriptions of the species, several tiger specimen were described and proposed as subspecies, of which eight were recognised as valid in 2005. In 1844, Coenraad Jacob Temminck described a specimen from the Pisihan Mountains in northern Korea under the trinomen ""Felis tigris altaica"". The validity of several tiger subspecies was questioned in 1999. Most putative subspecies described in the 19th and 20th centuries were distinguished on basis of fur length and coloration, striping patterns and body size, hence characteristics that vary widely within populations. Morphologically, tigers from different regions vary little, and gene flow between"
"the leopard. The other hybrid, the liger, ends up larger than either of its parents: about a thousand pounds (450 kilograms) fully-grown. No tiger-lion hybrids are known from the wild, particularly because each species is confined to geographically separated ranges (tigers are not found in Africa, and the Asiatic lion is only found in the Gir Forest National Park, where tigers also are absent). Some situations may favour hybrid population. One example is rapid turnover of available environment types, like the historical fluctuation of water level in Lake Malawi, a situation that generally favors speciation. A similar situation can be"
"(""C. simum simum"") named Arthur. White rhinoceros The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (""Ceratotherium simum"") is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 19,682–21,077 wild-living animals in the year 2015, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros. The northern subspecies has very few remaining individuals, with only two confirmed left in 2018 (two females; Fatu, 17 and Najin, 27), both in captivity. Sudan, the world's last known male northern white"
"Indochinese tiger The Indochinese tiger (""Panthera tigris tigris"", syn. ""Panthera tigris corbetti"") is a tiger population in Southeast Asia. This population occurs in Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia and southwestern China. It has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008, as the population seriously declined and approaches the threshold for Critically Endangered. As per 2011, the population was thought to comprise 342 individuals. The largest population unit survives in Thailand estimated at 189 to 252 individuals. There are 85 individuals in Myanmar, and only 20 Indochinese tigers remain in Vietnam. It is considered extinct in"
"hoarding behaviour of members of the other clade. The genus ""Parus"" is still the largest in the family, but may be split again. Other than those species formerly considered to be subspecies, the great tit's closest relatives are the white-naped and green-backed tits of southern Asia. Hybrids with tits outside the genus ""Parus"" are very rare, but have been recorded with blue tit, coal tit, and probably marsh tit. There are currently 15 recognised subspecies of great tit: The great tit is large for a tit at in length, and has a distinctive appearance that makes it easy to recognise."
"Tiger hunting Tiger hunting is the capture and killing of tigers. Humans are the tigers' most significant predator, and illegal poaching is a major threat to the tigers. The Bengal tiger is the most common subspecies of tiger, constituting approximately 80% of the entire tiger population, and is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, and India has been hunted in those countries for centuries. The tiger has historically been a popular big game animal and has been hunted for prestige as well as for taking trophies. Extensive poaching has continued even after such hunting became illegal and legal protection was"
"only in captivity. Historically, the Asiatic lion and Bengal tiger co-occurred in some Asian countries, and there are legends of male lions mating with tigresses in the wilderness, or of ligers existing there. The Caspian tiger co-occurred with the lion in places like northern Iran and eastern Anatolia (Turkey). Liger The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion (""Panthera leo"") and a female tiger (""Panthera tigris""). The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species. The liger is distinct from the similar hybrid tigon, and is the largest of all known extant felines. They enjoy"
"populations in mainland Asia throughout the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. The tiger populations on the Sunda Islands and mainland Asia were possibly separated during interglacial periods. The tiger's full genome sequence was published in 2013. It was found to have similar repeat composition than other cat genomes and an appreciably conserved synteny. Following Linnaeus's first descriptions of the species, several tiger specimens were described and proposed as subspecies. The validity of several tiger subspecies was questioned in 1999. Most putative subspecies described in the 19th and 20th centuries were distinguished on basis of fur length and coloration, striping patterns and"
"Manticora (genus) Manticora (often misspelled Mantichora (Latin term for ""manticore"") following an unjustified spelling change in 1837) is a well-known genus of tiger beetle that is endemic to Africa. Its members are the largest of the subfamily. All species are darkly colored, nocturnal, and flightless. Males usually have exaggerated mandibles compared to the females, used for clasping during copulation. This genus was among the first formally described by a pupil of Carl Linnaeus, Johan Christian Fabricius, in 1792. The name ""Manticora"" comes from the ancient Persian for the legendary man-eating Manticore. The first species of ""Manticora"" known to science was"
"had a heavy meal before it was killed, without which it would have weighed significantly less. Likewise, the record length for a tiger's skull was ""over the bone"" for a tiger that was shot in 1927 in northern India. The Bengal and Siberian tigers are amongst the tallest cats in shoulder height. They are also ranked with the Caspian tiger among the biggest cats that ever existed. However, on average, a wild adult male Siberian tiger at body weight is outweighed by an adult, male Bengal tiger at . A well-known allele found only in the Bengal population produces the"
"Tiliger The tiliger is a hybrid cross between a male tiger (""Panthera tigris"") and a ligress (which is the hybrid offspring of a male lion and female tiger). The world's first tiligers were born on 16 August 2007 at The Garold Wayne Interactive Zoological Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. Although male tigons and ligers are sterile, female hybrids can produce cubs. As with ligers, tiligers grow to a size that is typically larger than either of their tiger and lion forebears. Large males can grow up to 400 kg and 3.50 meters in length, while the females may grow up to"
"body size, hence characteristics that vary widely within populations. Morphologically, tigers from different regions vary little, and gene flow between populations in those regions is considered to have been possible during the Pleistocene. Therefore, it was proposed to recognize only two tiger subspecies as valid, namely ""P. t. tigris"" in mainland Asia, and ""P. t. sondaica"" in the Greater Sunda Islands and possibly in Sundaland. Results of craniological analysis of 111 tiger skulls from Southeast Asian range countries indicate that Sumatran tiger skulls differ from Indochinese and Javan tiger skulls, whereas Bali tiger skulls are similar in size to Javan"
"tiger was disputably a huge male killed in 1967 by David Hassinger at the foothills of the Himalayas. It weighed after eating a buffalo calf, and measured in total length between pegs, and over curves. Without eating the calf beforehand, it would have likely weighed at least . This specimen is on exhibition in the Mammals Hall of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1982, a sub-fossil right middle phalanx was found in a prehistoric midden near Kuruwita in Sri Lanka, which is dated to about 16,500 ybp and tentatively considered to be of a tiger. Tigers appear to have arrived in"
"Tiger versus lion Historically, a comparison of the tiger (""Panthera tigris"") versus the lion (""Panthera leo"") has been a popular topic of discussion by hunters, naturalists, artists, and poets, and continues to inspire the popular imagination. In the past, lions and tigers reportedly competed in the wilderness, where their ranges overlapped in Eurasia. The most common reported circumstance of their meeting is in captivity, either deliberately or accidentally. Generally, in terms of dimensions of the body and weight, the modern tiger and lion are the two largest species of the genus ""Panthera"" and the cat family. Variations in opinions and"