Malayan tiger
The Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) is a subspecies of the tiger that was discovered in 2004. People used to think they were Indo-Chinese tigers, But now they have their own subspecies. They have the same length and weight as the Indo-Chinese tiger. They live in southern Malaysia and they are an endangered species.
Malayan tiger | |
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A Malayan tiger at the Cincinnati Zoo, the United States of America | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Felidae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. t. tigris
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Trinomial name | |
Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Range of the Malayan tiger | |
Synonyms | |
formerly P. t. jacksoni Luo et al., 2004 |