Panthera tigris Linnaeus 1758 (tiger)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative combination: Felis tigris

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Panthera according to W. E. Johnson et al. 2006

See also Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser 2017, Linnaeus 1758, Thomas 1911 and van den Brink 1982

Sister taxa: Panthera (Jaguarius), Panthera balamoides, Panthera blytheae, Panthera gombaszoegensis, Panthera leo, Panthera onca, Panthera palaeosinensis, Panthera pardus, Panthera uncia, Panthera zdanskyi

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (10 collections), Indonesia (5), Italy (1), Japan (2), Laos (1), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (1), Taiwan (1)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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