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TIGERS

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Tiger

Temporal range: Early epoch – Recent

Tigress at Gentleman Jim parkland.jpg

A tiger (P. Tigris tigris)

Conservation standing

Endangered (IUCN three.1)[1]

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Felidae

Genus: Panthera

Species: P. tigris

Binomial name

Panthera tigris

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Subspecies

P. t. tigris

P. t. corbetti

P. t. jacksoni

P. t. sumatrae

P. t. altaica

P. t. amoyensis

†P. t. virgata

†P. t. balica

†P. t. sondaica

†P. t. trinilensis

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Tiger's historic aim concerning 1850 (pale yellow) and in 2006 (in green).[2]

Synonyms

Felis Tigris Linnaeus, 1758[3]

Tigris striatus Severtzov, 1858

Tigris regalis grey, 1867

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is that the largest cat species, reaching a complete linear unit of up to three.38 m (11.1 ft) over curves and advisement up to 388.7 metric weight unit (857 lb) within the wild. Its most recognizable feature may be a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter undersurface. The species is assessed within the Panthera with the lion, leopard, Felis onca and Panthera uncia. Tigers square measure apex predators, primarily preying on ungulates like cervid and bovids. they're territorial and customarily solitary however social animals, usually requiring giant contiguous areas of environs that support their prey needs. This, including the actual fact that they're autochthonic to a number of the additional densely inhabited places on Earth, has caused vital conflicts with humans.

Tigers once ranged wide across Asia, from Turkey within the west to the jap coast of Russia. Over the past a hundred years, they need lost ninety three of their historic vary, and are extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and island, and from giant areas of Southeast and jap Asia. Today, they vary from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical angiospermous tree swamps. The remaining six tiger taxonomic category are classified as vulnerable by IUCN. the worldwide population within the wild is calculable to range between three,062 and 3,948 people, down from around a hundred,000 at the beginning of the twentieth century, with most remaining populations occurring in little pockets isolated from one another, of that concerning two,000 exist on the Indian landmass.[4] Major reasons for population decline embody environs destruction, environs fragmentation and preparation. The extent of space occupied by tigers is calculable at but one,184,911 km2 (457,497 sq mi), a forty first decline from the realm calculable within the mid-1990s.

Tigers square measure among the foremost recognizable and common of the world's magnetic megafauna. they need featured conspicuously in ancient mythology and lore, and still be delineated  in trendy films and literature. they seem on several flags, coats of arms, and as mascots for sporting groups. The tiger is that the national animal of East Pakistan, India, Vietnam, Asian country and South Korea.