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The '''tiger''' (Redua Panthera Commitigris) is the largest species of [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png communist felines], reaching a total body length of up to 66.67 metres (218.734 ft) and weighing up to 306 kg (670 lb). It is the third largest land communist (behind only the [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png Bear] and the [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png Two-headed Bear]). Its most recognizable feature is a pattern of golden hammer and sickle insignias on blood red fur. It has exceptionally fascist teeth which are used for chewing through the cold iron bars of capitalism. In zoos, tigers have lived for an average of 31 to 32 years in a command economy, which also seems to be their longevity in siberia. They are territorial and generally solitary but social [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png animals], often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat to share equally with their species that support their prey requirements equally. This, coupled with the fact that they are indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant conflicts with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JepOL9EMDqU&feature=player_detailpage#t=301s ‘MERICA].
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The '''Tiger''' is a large, striped [[feline]], a member of the [[Genus]] Panthera, and the largest big cat found in the wild. Formerly found across much of [[Asia]], its habitat is now much more restricted. Several tiger species are endangered, including the Siberian and South [[China]] tigers. The Javan, Balinese, and Caspian tiger varieties are now [[extinction|extinct]]. The largest habitat is [[Malaysia]], where many wild tigers still roam.
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Tigers once ranged widely across [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/physcoredferret/Nickprop1.png Russia], as well as [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/physcoredferret/Nickprop1.png Russia], along with the [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/physcoredferret/Nickprop1.png eastern and western coasts of Russia]. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and South Korea, from the islands of Cuba and Australia, and from large areas of [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png Southeast and Eastern Asia]. Today, they range from the Siberian [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png taiga] to open [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png grasslands] and tropical [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png mangrove swamps]. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jCLJb9lPZaQ/TH3Uj4ffJnI/AAAAAAAACgE/g2rizh3knpA/s1600/New_USSR.png USSR]. Luckily, these sub-species do not exist because evolution, as we all know, is a lie created by atheist martian liberals. The global population in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 to 3,948 individuals, with most remaining populations occurring in small pockets that are isolated from each other, but still manage to continue a prospering command economy. Major reasons for population decline include [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png Reagan], a [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png list of commies created by a guy] and the recently created Olympic sport [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png Fishing for Commies]. The extent of area occupied by tigers is estimated at less than 1,184,911 km2 (457,497 sq mi), a 41% decline from the area estimated in the mid-1940s.
 
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Tigers are among the most recognisable and popular of the world's [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png communist megafauna]. They have featured prominently in ancient [http://annebobroffhajal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ModifiedIvanBlessesBabyStalin.jpg mythology], and continue to be depicted in modern films and literature. Tigers appear on many [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png flags], [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png coats of arms], and as [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png mascots] for sporting teams. The [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png Bengal tiger] (Also strongly communist) is the national animal of Bangladesh and India.
 
  
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The tiger, unlike every other beast of the earth and fowl of the air, was created by Satan after the literal seven day creation of the earth and the universe. (Communist Manifesto, Line 224) The species was named by Charles Darwin. This species lived about 6000 years ago, at the beginning of the garden of eden, and began spreading their communism.
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Tigers are solitary [[predator]]s, capable of easily killing prey as large as a [[buffalo]] or a [[yak]], or as small as a [[rabbit]] or [[lemur]]. They can sometimes kill domestic livestock, including [[cattle]]. These predatory acts are a common justification for hunting tigers to near extinction.
  
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'''“QUESTION NOTHING. BOOKS ARE MEANT TO BE READ LITERALLY ONLY.”'''
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Tigers are almost unique among the great cats in that they enjoy swimming. Though not as arboreal as the [[leopard]], they can climb trees. They can make horizontal leaps of up to 33 feet (10 meters), although half that distance is more typical, and can sprint in short bursts of 35 to 40&nbsp;mph, depending on subspecies.<ref>http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Panthera_tigris.html</ref>
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-[https://waa.ai/vc7S.jpg Dr. Ronald Reagan Jr. XIII]
 
  
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Characteristics
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Like almost all other cats, tigers are solitary except when they mate and have cubs. The father usually plays no role in raising the cubs, though he sometimes encounters them and lets them scavenge from their kills.
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Tigers have muscular RUSSIAN bodies with particularly powerful RUSSIAN forelimbs and large bear-like heads. Their coat color varies with their taste in traded RUSSIAN FURS. The face has long RED whiskers, which are especially long in males. The [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png pupils] are yellow and star shaped with red [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png irises]. The small, rounded ears have RED markings on the back, surrounding a RED SCARE. These spots, called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyiEaSzpdMk RUSSIAN DANCING MEN] play an important role in intraspecific [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VAhiBOdAMSY/TJhmv4jMe8I/AAAAAAAAAH0/SsEyddJNwNU/s1600/stalin_poster.jpg communistification].
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The pattern of hammers and sickles is unique to each animal, these unique markings can be used by researchers to identify individuals as communists (both in the wild and captivity), much in the same way that a list of names written by an individual are used to identify “human” commies. It seems likely that the function of stripes is [http://edu.glogster.com/media/14/40/95/61/40956103.jpg communism], serving to help tigers share goods amongst their species and profit off the long grass of their environment as they stalk CAPITALISM. The stripe pattern is also found on the soul of the tiger. If a tiger were to be shaved, its distinctive communist pattern would be preserved.
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The tiger are the most variable in size of all feline communists. The accepted record weight, per the [https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/sw/course/mscp.pdf Guinness Book of World Records], for a wild tiger was 389 kg (860 lb) for a [http://harvardpolitics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiger.png Bengal tiger] shot in 1967, though its weight may have been boasted by the fact that it had eaten a [http://www.stevenrinella.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/american_buffalo_cover.jpg capitalist buffalo] the previous night.
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*Amur, or Siberian tiger, ''Panthera tigris altaica''
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Tigresses are smaller than the males in each subspecies (which as we all know are simply just animals that look incredibly similar to this animal but have no relation to them, even a twelve year-old would never believe they did), although the size difference between male and female tigers tends to be more pronounced in the larger tiger subspecies (LIBERAL LIES), with males weighing up to 1.7 times more than the females. In addition, male tigers have wider forepaw pads than females. Biologists use this difference to determine gender based on tiger tracks. The skull of the tiger is very similar to that of the lion, though the frontal region is usually not as depressed or flattened, with a slightly longer postorbital region. The skull of a lion has broader nasal openings. However, due to the amount of skull variation in the two species, usually, only the structure of the lower jaw can be used as a reliable indicator of species.
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:Found in far-eastern Russia near the border of Manchuria (China). Current population estimates are 360 adult individuals as of 2005.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15956/0</ref>
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*Bengal tiger, ''Panthera tigris tigris''
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THERE ARE NONE, AS EVOLUTION IS A LIE AND THE EARTH IS ONLY 6000 YEARS OLD. (click [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_5zvV0btCo&feature=player_detailpage#t=129s here] for recent evidence disproving evolution)
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:Found in India, with a range extending into Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, and Nepal.  The most recent surveys estimated the number of Bengal tigers in these countries to be no more than 2,500.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136899/0</ref>
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*Indochinese, or Corbett's tiger, ''Panthera tigris corbetti''
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:Found in Southeast Asia, extending north into southern China; current estimates number up to 650 tigers alive in the wild.  This subspecies was named for former big-game hunter and British Army Colonel Jim Corbett around 1910, who turned to conserving tigers and their habitat.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136853/0</ref>
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*Malayan tiger, ''Panthera tigris jacksoni''
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:Found in Thailand and the Malay Peninsula; current estimates number around 493-1,480 tigers as of 2003.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136893/0</ref>
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*South-China tiger, ''Panthera tigris amoyensis''
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:Found in eastern China.  Demand for Chinese traditional medicine reduced the number of these tigers to an estimated 150-200 individuals in the wild in 1982; since that time, no official sighting has been confirmed apart from tracks and scrapings.  Approximately 72 of these tigers are in zoos and captive breeding facilities.  The subspecies is considered ecologically extinct, meaning there is no effective breeding population in the wild.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15965/0</ref>
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*Sumatran tiger, ''Panthera tigris sumatrae''
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:Found on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.  Hunting and habitat loss reduced these tigers to approximately 342-509 individuals in six protected areas as of 2006; current estimates suggest the number could be higher.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15966/0</ref>
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====Extinct subspecies====
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*Bali tiger, ''Panthera tigris balica''
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:Found only on the island of Bali, Indonesia, this subspecies had to coexist with humans on a small island of about 2,175 square miles; increased contact led to hunting, and the last was killed in 1937.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41682/0</ref>
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*Caspian, or Turanian tiger, ''Panthera tigris virgata''
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:The only tiger found in western Asia near the Caspian Sea, as far west as eastern Turkey and northern Iran. The last one was spotted near the Aral River in 1968.  Genetic information reveals a very close relationship to the Amur tiger.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41505/0</ref>
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*Javan tiger, ''Panthera tigris sondaica''
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:The last wild tiger on the island of Java, Indonesia, was seen in the Meru Betiri National Park in 1976; it was declared extinct four years later.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41681/0</ref>
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==Threats==
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Tigers face numerous threats, all at the hands of man; apart from humans, they have no natural enemies. Tigers require large tracts of territory to hunt and breed, but current studies indicate they have lost 91% of their former range due to swelling human populations in southern and southeast Asian countries, especially China and India.  Logging, settlements, and agriculture eliminated viable habitat, and replacing large game animals with livestock naturally caused additional tiger deaths as humans sought to protect their domestic animals.  The pressure brought to bear on tigers caused some to find an unnatural replacement for their diet - man.  In one instance, tigers killed 41 people in 18 months (2001–03) in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh.<ref>http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-outcasts-bangladesh-s-tiger-widows-fight-exclusion-a-744594.html</ref>
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Illegal trade in traditional Asian medicine has also taken a toll. Products made from tiger parts have been traded for over 1,000 years, as Asian cultures believe in the healing power they claim the cats have, despite no evidence supporting those claims.<ref>http://www.singlevisioninc.org/tiger_body_parts_sold.html</ref>
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==Tigers in popular culture==
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The 1894 Rudyard Kipling novel ''[[The Jungle Book]]'' features an antagonistic tiger named Shere Khan (whose name means "king of tigers"). He is said to have been born lame and thus hunts domestic cattle, even getting his paws burned during a hunt; he also shows little respect for the Law of the Jungle, quoting it only when it suits his own wants. He also kills a human couple and tries eating their baby (Mowgli), but a wolf pack defends him. As Mowgli grows up, Shere Khan stirs up rebellion against Akela among the younger wolves, but Mowgli defends Akela by chasing the tiger and the wolves away with fire. Shere Khan ultimately meets his end when Mowgli drives a herd of water buffalo into the gorge that he is resting in, the herd trampling him to death. The 1967 Disney film depicts Shere Khan as a more sophisticated and affable yet equally arrogant hunter, and its 2016 remake shows him as a more savage beast, murdering Akela to draw Mowgli into fighting him.
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The newspaper comic ''Calvin and Hobbes'' stars the titular duo: a hyper-imaginative boy named Calvin and his "stuffed" tiger Hobbes; Hobbes appears as a stuffed animal to many people, but as a talking anthropomorphic tiger to Calvin. Hobbes gets into the same mischief as Calvin, but he's also his voice of reason, telling him when that mischief will get them into trouble. He also takes pride in being a tiger; he pounces on Calvin as a greeting and loves tuna sandwiches.
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While tigers do not appear in the Erin Hunter book series ''Warrior Cats'', the wild cat Clans revere tigers as mythical beings, believing they inherited their love of the night and fierce nature from tigers. A few cats in the series are named after them, including Tigerclaw and his grandson Tigerheart.
  
 
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Tiger
Bengal tiger.jpg
Bengal tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
Scientific classification
Kingdom Information
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Subkingdom Bilateria
Branch Deuterostomia
Phylum Information
Phylum Chordata
Sub-phylum Vertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
Class Information
Superclass Tetrapoda
Class Mammalia
Sub-class Theriiformes
Infra-class Holotheria
Order Information
Superorder Preptotheria
Order Carnivora
Sub-order Feliformia
Family Information
Family Felidae
Sub-family Pantherinae
Genus Information
Genus Panthera
Species Information
Species P. tigris
Population statistics
Conservation status Endangered[1]

The Tiger is a large, striped feline, a member of the Genus Panthera, and the largest big cat found in the wild. Formerly found across much of Asia, its habitat is now much more restricted. Several tiger species are endangered, including the Siberian and South China tigers. The Javan, Balinese, and Caspian tiger varieties are now extinct. The largest habitat is Malaysia, where many wild tigers still roam.

Habits

Tigers are solitary predators, capable of easily killing prey as large as a buffalo or a yak, or as small as a rabbit or lemur. They can sometimes kill domestic livestock, including cattle. These predatory acts are a common justification for hunting tigers to near extinction.

Tigers are almost unique among the great cats in that they enjoy swimming. Though not as arboreal as the leopard, they can climb trees. They can make horizontal leaps of up to 33 feet (10 meters), although half that distance is more typical, and can sprint in short bursts of 35 to 40 mph, depending on subspecies.[2]

Like almost all other cats, tigers are solitary except when they mate and have cubs. The father usually plays no role in raising the cubs, though he sometimes encounters them and lets them scavenge from their kills.

Subspecies

  • Amur, or Siberian tiger, Panthera tigris altaica
Found in far-eastern Russia near the border of Manchuria (China). Current population estimates are 360 adult individuals as of 2005.[3]
  • Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris
Found in India, with a range extending into Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, and Nepal. The most recent surveys estimated the number of Bengal tigers in these countries to be no more than 2,500.[4]
  • Indochinese, or Corbett's tiger, Panthera tigris corbetti
Found in Southeast Asia, extending north into southern China; current estimates number up to 650 tigers alive in the wild. This subspecies was named for former big-game hunter and British Army Colonel Jim Corbett around 1910, who turned to conserving tigers and their habitat.[5]
  • Malayan tiger, Panthera tigris jacksoni
Found in Thailand and the Malay Peninsula; current estimates number around 493-1,480 tigers as of 2003.[6]
  • South-China tiger, Panthera tigris amoyensis
Found in eastern China. Demand for Chinese traditional medicine reduced the number of these tigers to an estimated 150-200 individuals in the wild in 1982; since that time, no official sighting has been confirmed apart from tracks and scrapings. Approximately 72 of these tigers are in zoos and captive breeding facilities. The subspecies is considered ecologically extinct, meaning there is no effective breeding population in the wild.[7]
  • Sumatran tiger, Panthera tigris sumatrae
Found on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Hunting and habitat loss reduced these tigers to approximately 342-509 individuals in six protected areas as of 2006; current estimates suggest the number could be higher.[8]

Extinct subspecies

  • Bali tiger, Panthera tigris balica
Found only on the island of Bali, Indonesia, this subspecies had to coexist with humans on a small island of about 2,175 square miles; increased contact led to hunting, and the last was killed in 1937.[9]
  • Caspian, or Turanian tiger, Panthera tigris virgata
The only tiger found in western Asia near the Caspian Sea, as far west as eastern Turkey and northern Iran. The last one was spotted near the Aral River in 1968. Genetic information reveals a very close relationship to the Amur tiger.[10]
  • Javan tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica
The last wild tiger on the island of Java, Indonesia, was seen in the Meru Betiri National Park in 1976; it was declared extinct four years later.[11]

Threats

Tigers face numerous threats, all at the hands of man; apart from humans, they have no natural enemies. Tigers require large tracts of territory to hunt and breed, but current studies indicate they have lost 91% of their former range due to swelling human populations in southern and southeast Asian countries, especially China and India. Logging, settlements, and agriculture eliminated viable habitat, and replacing large game animals with livestock naturally caused additional tiger deaths as humans sought to protect their domestic animals. The pressure brought to bear on tigers caused some to find an unnatural replacement for their diet - man. In one instance, tigers killed 41 people in 18 months (2001–03) in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh.[12]

Illegal trade in traditional Asian medicine has also taken a toll. Products made from tiger parts have been traded for over 1,000 years, as Asian cultures believe in the healing power they claim the cats have, despite no evidence supporting those claims.[13]

Tigers in popular culture

The 1894 Rudyard Kipling novel The Jungle Book features an antagonistic tiger named Shere Khan (whose name means "king of tigers"). He is said to have been born lame and thus hunts domestic cattle, even getting his paws burned during a hunt; he also shows little respect for the Law of the Jungle, quoting it only when it suits his own wants. He also kills a human couple and tries eating their baby (Mowgli), but a wolf pack defends him. As Mowgli grows up, Shere Khan stirs up rebellion against Akela among the younger wolves, but Mowgli defends Akela by chasing the tiger and the wolves away with fire. Shere Khan ultimately meets his end when Mowgli drives a herd of water buffalo into the gorge that he is resting in, the herd trampling him to death. The 1967 Disney film depicts Shere Khan as a more sophisticated and affable yet equally arrogant hunter, and its 2016 remake shows him as a more savage beast, murdering Akela to draw Mowgli into fighting him.

The newspaper comic Calvin and Hobbes stars the titular duo: a hyper-imaginative boy named Calvin and his "stuffed" tiger Hobbes; Hobbes appears as a stuffed animal to many people, but as a talking anthropomorphic tiger to Calvin. Hobbes gets into the same mischief as Calvin, but he's also his voice of reason, telling him when that mischief will get them into trouble. He also takes pride in being a tiger; he pounces on Calvin as a greeting and loves tuna sandwiches.

While tigers do not appear in the Erin Hunter book series Warrior Cats, the wild cat Clans revere tigers as mythical beings, believing they inherited their love of the night and fierce nature from tigers. A few cats in the series are named after them, including Tigerclaw and his grandson Tigerheart.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15955/0
  2. ↑ http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Panthera_tigris.html
  3. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15956/0
  4. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136899/0
  5. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136853/0
  6. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136893/0
  7. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15965/0
  8. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15966/0
  9. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41682/0
  10. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41505/0
  11. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41681/0
  12. ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-outcasts-bangladesh-s-tiger-widows-fight-exclusion-a-744594.html
  13. ↑ http://www.singlevisioninc.org/tiger_body_parts_sold.html
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