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The
teeger
(
Panthera tigris
) also kent
tiger
, is a member o the
Felidae
faimlie; the maist muckle o the fower "muckle
cats
" in the genus
Panthera
. Native tae maist o eastren an soothren
Asie
, the teeger is an apex hunter an an obligate cairnivore. Raxin up tae 4
metre
(13 ft) in tot lenth an weein up tae 300
kilogram
(660
poonds
), the lairger teeger subspecies is compearable in bouk tae the maist muckle extinct felids. Aside fae thair great bouk an pouer, thair maist recogneezable featurs is the paitern o daurk vertical strips that owerlays naur-white tae reiddish-orange fur, wi lichter unnerpairts. The lairgest subspecies o teeger is the Siberian teeger.
- ↑
Goodrich, J.; Lynam, A.; Miquelle, D.; Wibisono, H.; Kawanishi, K.; Pattanavibool, A.; Htun, S.; Tempa, T.; Karki, J.; Jhala, Y. & Karanth, U. (2015).
"
Panthera tigris
"
.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
.
2015
: e.T15955A50659951.
- ↑
Linnaeus, C. (1758).
"
Felis tigris
"
.
Caroli Linnæi Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis
(in Laitin). Tomus I (decima, reformata ed.). Holmiae: Laurentius Salvius. p. 41.
- ↑
Dinerstein, E.; Loucks, C.; Wikramanayake, E.; Ginsberg, J.; Sanderson, E.; Seidensticker, J.; Forrest, J.; Bryja, G.; Heydlauff, A. (2007).
"The Fate of Wild Tigers"
(PDF)
.
BioScience
.
57
(6): 508?514.
doi
:
10.1641/B570608
.
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Panthera tigris
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Felis tigris
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