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There are two recognized subspecies of tiger: the continental (Panthera tigris tigris) and the Sunda (Panthera tigris sondaica), according to IUCN. Tigers are the largest of all the Asian big cats.

An international team led by South Korea's Personal Genomics Institute and BGI unraveled the first whole genome of a 9-year-old male Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), and compared it with the ...

Tigers, the largest cat species, have seen their habitats shrink due to human encroachment. All subspecies are endangered, with nine existing types, including Bengal, Siberian, Sumatran, and South ...

Since the last Global Tiger Day in 2016, researchers have discovered tiger populations in unexpected areas, such as forested corridors along riverbanks and in areas that recently served as theaters of ...

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Vol. 45, No. 1 (March 2014), pp. 143-147 (5 pages) An adult male Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) with confirmed inflammatory bowel disease developed acute ...

At the turn of the century there were an estimated 100,000 wild tigers across the forests of Asia. Today, there are somewhere between 5,000 and 7,000 left. One hundred years ago, tigers ranged through ...