Indochinese tiger
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The Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) is one of the six living tiger subspecies, and is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and southwestern China. The Indochinese tiger is also known as the Corbett's tiger, named after Jim Corbett. It has been listed as Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.[1] In Myanmar it is the National animal of the country.
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Indochinese tiger | |
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Tiger at Houston Zoo, the United States of America | |
Tigress in the Tierpark Berlin, Germany | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. t. tigris |
Trinomial name | |
Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Distribution of the Indochinese tiger (excluding Myanmar) | |
Synonyms | |
formerly P. t. corbetti Mazák, 1968 |
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