Tiger Slideshow
Cat Name
Tiger
Where They Live
Endangered Status
Endangered
Population Decreasing
Closest Relatives
Clouded Leopard
Jaguar
Leopard
Lion
Snow Leopard
Sunda Clouded Leopard
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera tigris
Subspecies
Amur Tiger
Siberian Tiger
Panthera tigris altaica
Northern Indochinese Tiger
Panthera tigris corbetti
Malayan Tiger
Panthera tigris jacksoni
Sumatran Tiger
Panthera tigris sumatrae
Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
South China Tiger
Panthera tigris amoyensis (possibly extinct)
Bali Tiger
Panthera tigris balica (extinct)
Javan Tiger
Panthera tigris sondaica (extinct)
Caspian Tiger
Hyrcanian Tiger
Turan Tiger
Panthera tigris virgata (extinct)
Siberian Tiger
Panthera tigris altaica
Northern Indochinese Tiger
Panthera tigris corbetti
Malayan Tiger
Panthera tigris jacksoni
Sumatran Tiger
Panthera tigris sumatrae
Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
South China Tiger
Panthera tigris amoyensis (possibly extinct)
Bali Tiger
Panthera tigris balica (extinct)
Javan Tiger
Panthera tigris sondaica (extinct)
Caspian Tiger
Hyrcanian Tiger
Turan Tiger
Panthera tigris virgata (extinct)
Former/Disputed Classifications
Malayan Tiger
Panthera tigris malayensis
Panthera tigris malayensis
Updated July 2009
References: IUCN Red List and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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