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ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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07-04-2015, 10:12 AM ( This post was last modified: 07-04-2015, 10:13 AM by GuateGojira )

Excellent information Tigerluver, great paper, I need to read it right now.

About Dr Kitchener, in fact he was the FIRST in propose this new point of view (only two or three subspecies). The first time was published in the book "Riding the Tiger" of 1999, in chapter 2 "Tiger distribution, phenotypic variation and conservation issues". This chapter concluded that the taxonomy of the tiger, popularized by Mazák (1981) was based in too few specimens that it was probably invalid. He claimed that only two or three subspecies existed: mainland, island and Caspian.

Latter in 2010, in the book "Tigers of the World" in chapter 3, he repeated exactly the same, although he improved some parts with new studies and with the help of Yamaguchi. This time, although he claimed again that "2 or 3" subspecies existed, he inclined more to the idea of two, as the genetic analysis showed that the Caspian tigers are the same than the Amur ones.

This hypothesis was summarized by Valmik Thapar in his book "Tiger: the ultimate guide" of 2005.

Well, I am going to read the paper between today and tomorrow and I will put my appreciations in Sunday.

Greetings.
 
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RE: ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - TIGERS (Panthera tigris) - GuateGojira - 07-04-2015, 10:12 AM
Demythologizing T16 - tigerluver - 04-12-2020, 11:14 AM
Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-28-2014, 09:24 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-28-2014, 09:32 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-29-2014, 12:26 AM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - peter - 07-29-2014, 06:35 AM
Tiger recycling bin - Roflcopters - 09-04-2014, 01:06 AM
RE: Tiger recycling bin - Pckts - 09-04-2014, 01:52 AM
RE: Tiger recycling bin - Roflcopters - 09-05-2014, 12:31 AM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 09:37 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 10:27 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 11:03 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 02-19-2015, 10:55 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - GuateGojira - 02-23-2015, 11:06 AM
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RE: Tiger Directory - peter - 10-03-2016, 05:52 AM
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RE: Size comparisons - peter - 07-16-2019, 04:58 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - peter - 05-20-2021, 06:43 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - Nyers - 05-21-2021, 07:32 PM
RE: Amur Tigers - peter - 05-22-2021, 07:39 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - GuateGojira - 04-06-2022, 12:29 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - tigerluver - 04-06-2022, 12:38 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - tigerluver - 04-06-2022, 08:38 AM
RE: Amur Tigers - tigerluver - 04-06-2022, 11:00 PM
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