Wanhsien tiger
| Wanhsien tiger Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene, 2–0.5 Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
| Species: | P. tigris |
| Subspecies: | P. t. acutidens |
| Trinomial name | |
| Panthera tigris acutidens Hooijer, 1947 | |
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The Wanhsien tiger[1] (Panthera tigris acutidens), also known commonly as the antique tiger, is a subspecies of extinct tiger that lived in Asia from the late Pliocene until the middle Pleistocene. They were driven to extinction in the islands of Indonesia by another tiger subspecies, the Trinil tiger (P. t. trinilensis) and in Asia by yet another subspecies, the South China tiger (P. t. amoyensis)
The Wanhsien tiger is the earliest known extinct tiger subspecies, and populated a huge majority of Asia. It is larger than Siberian tigers, it grew to sizes of 2.3 metres (7.5 ft) in length, 120 centimetres (47 in) in height, and 200 kilograms (440 lb) to 350 kilograms (770 lb) in weight.[2][3][4]
See also
- Ngandong tiger, P. tigris soloensis
- Trinil tiger, P. tigris trinilensis
References
- ↑ "Valvert 2014_Wanhsien Tiger Data Sheet". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ Uchytel, Roman. "Panthera tigris acutidens". Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ↑ Zdansky, Otto, 1928. Die Siaugetiere der Quartairfauna von Chou-K'ou-Tien. Palaeont. Sinica, ser. C, vol. 5, pt. 4, pp. 1–146, figs. 1-16, pls. 1-16.
- ↑ Hooijer, Dirk Albert.; 1947. Pleistocene remains of Panthera tigris (Linnaeus) subspecies from Wanhsien, Szechwan, China, compared with fossil and Recent tigers from other localities. American Museum Novitates; no. 1346.
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