Panthera tigris

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Tiger

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Feloidea
Family : Felidae
Subfamily : Pantherinae
Genus : Panthera

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033833

Original name as described

Felis tigris

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Bengal, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Bhutan · India · Nepal · China · Russia · North Korea? · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam? · Cambodia? · Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006023

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Panthera tigris styani

Pocock, 1929

Family

Felidae

Root name

styani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.11.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94197cc6-7165-460d-a490-cb61df78e2e6

Authority page

531

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47489667

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Panthera tigris sumatrae

Pocock, 1929

Family

Felidae

Root name

sumatrae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.11.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4aec30d0-8c59-4c72-992a-a90d98d05494

Authority page

535

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47489673

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Panthera tigris corbetti

Mazák, 1968

Family

Felidae

Root name

corbetti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1933.4.1.203

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/478ad2f9-14c6-4036-9e05-8b6bbd56abb6

Authority page

105

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Felis tigris var. amoyensis

(Hilzheimer, 1905)

Family

Felidae

Root name

amoyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZS Mam0311, MZS Mam03305, MZS Mam03306, MZS Mam03307, MZS Mam03308

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

598

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9903316

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Felis oxygnatha

(E. Dubois, 1908)

Family

Felidae

Root name

oxygnatha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RGM.DUB.1498, RGM.DUB.1499

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RGM.DUB.1498 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RGM.DUB.1499

Authority page

1266

Authority publication

Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap

Felis tigris sondaicus

(Temminck, 1844)

Family

Felidae

Root name

sondaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39216

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39216

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607627

Authority publication

Leiden

Felis tigris altaicus

(Temminck, 1844)

Family

Felidae

Root name

altaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.63712

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.63712

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607627

Authority publication

Leiden

Felis tigris balica

(E. Schwarz, 1912)

Family

Felidae

Root name

balica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:2576

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

325

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640396

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Felis tigris lecoqui

(E. Schwarz, 1916)

Family

Felidae

Root name

lecoqui

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:5805

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729628

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Felis tigris

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Felidae

Root name

tigris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033833

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:503, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Daudin (1802:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Fischer (1814:xii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  5. Lesson (1827:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  6. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  7. Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  8. Fitzinger (1855:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  9. Blyth (1863:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  10. Stoliczka (1872:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)
  11. Ward (1910:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Felis virgata

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Felidae

Root name

virgata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

90, 98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080946 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080954

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Tigris regalis

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Felidae

Root name

regalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729637

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Tigris striatus

(Severtzov, 1858)

Family

Felidae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2316658

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis tigris Var. B. Nigra

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Felis tigris septentrionalis

(J. R. Ward, 1910)

Family

Felidae

Root name

septentrionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

493

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016136

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Felis tigris sondaica

(J. R. Ward, 1910)

Family

Felidae

Root name

sondaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

493

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016136

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Panthera tigris

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Felidae

Root name

tigris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15955/214862019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Panthera tigris altaica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

altaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Panthera tigris amoyensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

amoyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Panthera tigris balica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

balica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Panthera tigris sondaica

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

sondaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Panthera tigris tigris

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

tigris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Panthera tigris virgata

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Felidae

Root name

virgata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Felis Tygris

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Felidae

Root name

tygris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113948

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Felis Tigris Alba

(J. B. Fischer, 1830)

Family

Felidae

Root name

alba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

566

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Felis tigris Var. A. Mongolica

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Felidae

Root name

mongolica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Ward (1910:493, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15016136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Felis tigris sumatrana

(de Blainville, 1864)

Family

Felidae

Root name

sumatrana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

pl. VII

Authority publication

Paris

Tigris longipilis

(Fitzinger, 1868)

Family

Felidae

Root name

longipilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

455

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6448458

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis tigris var. amurensis

(Dode, 1871)

Family

Felidae

Root name

amurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

480

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554346

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis tigris, var. fluviatilis

(Sterndale, 1884)

Family

Felidae

Root name

fluviatilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14964536

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis tigris, var. montanus

(Sterndale, 1884)

Family

Felidae

Root name

montana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14964536

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis tigris coreensis

(Brass, 1904)

Family

Felidae

Root name

coreensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

4

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis (Tigris) septentrionalis

(Satunin, 1904)

Family

Felidae

Root name

septentrionalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Priroda

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Tigris amurensis

(Satunin, 1906)

Family

Felidae

Root name

amurensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Neue Baltisch. Weidm.-Bl.

Felis groeneveldtii

(E. Dubois, 1907)

Family

Felidae

Root name

groeneveldtii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

454

Authority publication

Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap

Felis trinilensis

(E. Dubois, 1908)

Family

Felidae

Root name

trinilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

1266

Authority publication

Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap

Feliopsis palaeojavanica

(Stremme, 1911)

Family

Felidae

Root name

palaeojavanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

55, 56, 86

Authority publication

Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie

Tigris mikadoi

(Satunin, 1915)

Family

Felidae

Root name

mikadoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority publication

Nasa ochota

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis tigris trabata

(E. Schwarz, 1916)

Family

Felidae

Root name

trabata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9729630

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis tigris mandshurica

(Baykov, 1925)

Family

Felidae

Root name

mandshurica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

3

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Felis tigris mandshurica var. mikado

(Baykov, 1925)

Family

Felidae

Root name

mikado

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform

Authority page

8

Authority publication

book

Felis acutidens

(Zdansky, 1928)

Family

Felidae

Root name

acutidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Palaeontologia Sinica

Felis tigris soloensis

(von Koenigswald, 1933)

Family

Felidae

Root name

soloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5, 14, 21, 26, 88

Authority publication

Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen, Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Oost Indië

Panthera tigris bintana

G. Kirk, 1994

Family

Felidae

Root name

bintana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

151-176

Authority publication

Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen

Panthera tigris jacksoni

Luo Shujin, Kim Jaeheup, W. E. Johnson, Van der Walt, Martenson, Yuhki, Miquelle, Uphyrkina, Goodrich, Quigley, Tilson, Brady, P. Martelli, Subramaniam, McDougal, Sun Hean, Huang Shiqiang, Pan Wenshi, Karanth, Sunquist, J. L. D. Smith, & O'Brien, 2004

Family

Felidae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

2290

Authority publication

PLoS Biology

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