Sunda Island tiger
The Sunda Island tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) is a tiger subspecies native to the Sunda Islands in Indonesia. The name refers to the:[1]
- Javan tiger (P. t. sondaica) — the extinct tiger population of Java[2]
- Bali tiger, formerly P. t. balica (Schwarz, 1912) — the extinct tiger population of Bali[3]
- Sumatran tiger, formerly P. t. sumatrae Pocock, 1929 — the living tiger population of Sumatra[4]
| Panthera tigris sondaica | |
|---|---|
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| The Sumatran tiger is the only living tiger population in the Sunda Islands | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | P. t. sondaica |
| Trinomial name | |
| Panthera tigris sondaica (Temminck, 1844) | |
See also
References
- Kitchener, A. C.; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C.; Eizirik, E.; Gentry, A.; Werdelin, L.; Wilting, A.; Yamaguchi, N.; Abramov, A. V.; Christiansen, P.; Driscoll, C.; Duckworth, J. W.; Johnson, W.; Luo, S.-J.; Meijaard, E.; O’Donoghue, P.; Sanderson, J.; Seymour, K.; Bruford, M.; Groves, C.; Hoffmann, M.; Nowell, K.; Timmons, Z.; Tobe, S. (2017). "A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group" (PDF). Cat News (Special Issue 11).
- Jackson, P. and Nowell, K. (2008). "Panthera tigris ssp. sondaica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T41681A10509194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41681A10509194.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Jackson, P. and Nowell, K. (2008). "Panthera tigris ssp. balica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T41682A10510320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41682A10510320.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- Linkie, M., Wibisono, H. T., Martyr, D. J. and Sunarto, S. (2008). "Panthera tigris" ssp. "sumatrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T15966A5334836. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T15966A5334836.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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