The Caspian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata)

[peter]

(12-16-2018, 11:12 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: This book has a rare photo of a Caspian tiger's skin in Page 66: https://books.google.com/books?id=t2EZCS...&q&f=false

In case you didn't know, the tiger from the Berlin Zoo in the 19th century was from the Caucasus: https://web.archive.org/web/200708240914...ger-13.htm

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Collection of Kaveh Farrokh: 

A stuffed Persian tiger that invaded Georgia: http://kavehfarrokh.com/heritage/the-las...n-georgia/

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Central Asian tigers: http://kavehfarrokh.com/iran-and-central...the-1930s/

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Wikimedia Commons: 

Samarqand, Uzbekistan: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...drassa.JPG

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Iranian tiger skin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Babremazandaran.jpg

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Statues in the area of Mount Akhun in the North Caucasus (in European Russia): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...untain.JPG

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Azerbaijani stamps: http://www.azermarka.az/en/1997.php?suba...cat=13&

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Roman Syrian mosaic of a Syrian elephant attacking a tiger: https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1740...ine-turkey

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Also, Heptner and Sludskiy had photos of skins of both Amur (Pages 132–134: https://archive.org/stream/mammalsofsov2...2/mode/2up) and Central Asian tigers (Page 142: https://archive.org/stream/mammalsofsov2...2/mode/2up), here, I'm showing the latter: 

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First time I see photographs of Caspian tigers shot by Sovjet soldiers. Excellent find and many thanks! Reply