The Caspian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata)

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(12-25-2018, 12:51 PM)BorneanTiger Wrote: Do you have a reference for this? I have references for Caspian tigers from Iran and the Caucasus being bred in Germany: 

Yes, but I have to correct myself, it was in 1920's-1930's. In Moscow zoo lived a Caspian tigress "Tereza" , she was presented to Soviet ambassador in Iran in 1926 from Iranian authorities. Tereza lived 18 years. In the work "Caspian tiger - analysis of the current situation" by O. Tcaruk & U.Tcukin, p.17 is written shortly:

https://wwf.ru/upload/iblock/058/obzorny...zbruss.pdf

"Содержание в неволе В Московском зоопарке до конца 30-х годов жила ручная тигрица Тереза, подаренная нашему послу в Иране в 1926 году. Последний туранский тигр жил в Гамбурге до 1959 году. В 1978 году во время исламской революции в Тегеране в шахском зверинце были расстреляны последние животные этого подвида. "

Obviously at that time the director of Moscow was on crossroads - to breed Caspian tigers or to breed Amur tigers. Both subspecies at those times were on the edge, and he decided to continue with Amurs.

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Here Bornean Tiger is a 50 pages long "Program of Reintoduction of the tiger in Kazahstan", unfourtunately for you everything is in Russian:

https://wwf.ru/upload/iblock/c7e/tigerpr...5_russ.pdf Reply