Indochinese Tiger
| Indochinese tiger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
| Species: | P. tigris |
| Subspecies: | P. t. corbetti |
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Panthera tigris corbetti Mazák, 1968 |
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| Distribution of the Indochinese tiger | |
The Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) (Thai: เสือ โคร่ง อิน โด จีน, S̄eụ̄x khor̀ng xin do cīn) (Vietnamese: Hổ Đông Dương) is a tiger subspecies occurring in Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Viet Nam, Cambodia and southwestern China. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as the population seriously declined in recent years and approaches the threshold for Critically Endangered, with 342 individuals estimated as per 2011.
The largest population unit survives in Thailand estimated at 189 to 252 individuals. There are 85 individuals in Myanmar and only 20 Indochinese tigers remain in Viet Nam. It is considered extinct in Cambodia.
The tigers in peninsular Malaysia, formerly classified as Indochinese, have recently been reclassified as a separate subspecies, the Malayan tiger Panthera tigris jacksoni.
The Indochinese tiger is generally smaller than Bengal and Siberian tigers. Males range in size from 2.55 to 2.85 m (8.4 to 9.4 ft) and in weight from 150 to 195 kg (331 to 430 lb). Females range in size from 2.3 to 2.55 m (7.5 to 8.4 ft) and in weight from 100 to 130 kg (220 to 290 lb). These recorded weights are respectively similar to those of male and female Asiatic lions.
Its head is smaller than of the Bengal tiger; the ground coloration is darker with more rather short and narrow single stripes.
The Indochinese tiger is distributed in Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. Results of a phylogeographic study using 134 samples from tigers across the global range suggest that the historical northwestern distribution limit of the Indochinese tiger is the region in the Chittagong Hills and Brahmaputra River basin, bordering the historical range of the Bengal tiger. Protected areas in this region include Pakke Tiger Reserve and Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh. In Myanmar, presence of tigers was confirmed in the Hukawng Valley, Tamanthi Wildlife Reserve, and in two small areas in the Tanintharyi Region.
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