Q: How many sub species of Tigers are there globally? Ans: Traditionally eight sub-species of tigers have been recognized, out of which three are extinct. Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758). Bengal tiger. Indian subcontinent. P.t. virgata (Illiger, 1815). Caspian tiger. Turkey through central and west Asia. (extinct since the Seventies). P.t. altaica (Temminck, 1844). Amur tiger. Amur Rivers region of Russia and China, and North Korea. P.t. sondica (Temminck, 1844). Javan tiger. Java, Indonesia. (extinct since the Eighties). P.t. amoyensis (Hilzheimer, 1905). South China tiger. South central China. P.t. balica (Schwarz, 1912). Bali tiger. Bali, Indonesia. (extinct since the Forties). P.t. sumatrae (Pocock, 1929). Sumatran tiger. Sumatra, Indonesia. P.t. corbetti (Mazak, 1968). Indo-Chinese tiger. Continental south-east Asia. Based on molecular markers, six sub-species are now recognized: (1) Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) (2) Northern Indo-Chinese Tiger (P.t. corbetti) (3) South China Tiger (P.t. amoyensis) (4) Malayan Tiger (P.t. jacksoni) (5) Sumatran Tiger (P.t. sumatrae) (6) Bengal Tiger (P.t. tigris) The Indian sub-species is Panthera tigris tigris.
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