Panthera tigris tigris, sometimes referred to as the mainland Asian tiger, is the native tiger subspecies of mainland Asia comprising the following tiger populations:[1]
The Caspian tiger inhabited Western and Central Asia[3]
A whole-genome sequencing analysis of 32 tiger specimens supported six monophyletic tiger clades and indicated that the most recent common ancestor lived about 110,000 years ago.[7]
Panthera tigris tigris, sometimes referred to as the mainland Asian tiger, is the native tiger subspecies of mainland Asia comprising the following tiger populations:
Bengal tiger — occurs in the Indian Subcontinent from India, Nepal and Bhutan to Bangladesh. Siberian tiger — inhabits Northeast Asia, from eastern Siberia to Northeast China, and possibly North Korea South China tiger — occurs in southern China Indochinese tiger — inhabits forests in Indochina, save for the Malayan Peninsula Malayan tiger — inhabits Peninsular MalaysiaThe Caspian tiger inhabited Western and Central Asia
A whole-genome sequencing analysis of 32 tiger specimens supported six monophyletic tiger clades and indicated that the most recent common ancestor lived about 110,000 years ago.