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

[peter]

COOPER

Spalea added good info about a French painter interested in tigers, which was much appreciated. Keep it civilized and quit crapping. This is a good thread.

CASPIAN TIGERS

01 - Altai Mountains (A. Kudrin):

*This image is copyright of its original author

02 - Northeast of Lake Aral (A. Wardle).

Found it on 'Kaspitigerforum', a very interesting German forum. According to the one who posted the painting, who unfortunately stopped contributing some years ago, A. Wardle had Turan tigers in mind when he started on this one: 

*This image is copyright of its original author

03 - Captive Caspian tigress (S.I. Ognev, 1935).

From the same forum as mentioned above. A unique photograph:

*This image is copyright of its original author

04 - Caspian tigress Hamburg Zoo:

*This image is copyright of its original author

05 - Skin of a male tiger from Iran (same forum as mentioned above):  

*This image is copyright of its original author

06 - Skin from Lob-Nor (Mongolia):

*This image is copyright of its original author

 

07 - Skull of an adult male tiger:

*This image is copyright of its original author

Reply