Tiger | |
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A Bengal tiger (P. t. tigris) at Kanha National Park, India, Continental Asia | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Felidae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | P. tigris |
Binomial name | |
Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Tiger's historic range in about 1850 (pale yellow) and in 2006 (in green). | |
Synonyms | |
Tigris striatus Severtzov, 1858 |
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living member of the cat family, the Felidae. It feeds by hunting. It lives in Asia, mainly India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Korea and Siberian Russia. Tigers are solitary animals.
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