Panthera tigris ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 82

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571271

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scientific name

Panthera tigris ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Panthera tigris ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL View at ENA —Tiger

Felis tigris Linnaeus, 1758 p.41 View Cited Treatment ; Type locality- Bengal; Won, 1968 p.315.

F. tigris coreensis Brass, 1904 p.4 ; Type locality- Korea; Kuroda, 1938 p.40; Won, 1958 p.442; Won, 1967 p.148; Won, 1968 p.315.

Tigris mikodoi Satunin, 1915 p.16 ; Type locality- Korea (Nomen nudum).

Panthera tigris coreensis: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.379 ; Tate, 1947 p.194; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.318.

P. tigris longipilis: Tate, 1947 p.193 View in CoL ( Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea and Siberia).

P. tigris altaica: Corbet, 1978 p.184 View in CoL ; Yoon, 1994 p.118.

P. tigris: Corbet, 1978 p.184 View in CoL ; Han, 1994 p.46; Won & Smith, 1999 p.21; Oh, 2004a p.160.

Range: The original distribution of the tiger ranged over all the Korean Peninsula. The population declined significantly during the Japanese incursion (1910–1945). Whether tigers remain in South Korea has been the subject of much discussion. Although some mammalogists believe that a few individuals might remain around Mt. Baekdu, no hard evidence has confirmed their presence ( Fig. 52 View FIGURE 52 ). American soldiers reported tigers in the demilitarized zone (DMZ), even white tigers, but these purported sightings lack supporting evidence ( Brady 2008). Although Kim et al. (2015) reported tigers in Mt. Baekdu, the supporting evidence for tigers in North Korea is currently lacking.

Remarks: Recent mtDNA analyses resulted in coreensis being a synonym of P. t. altaica ( Lee et al. 2012) .

Conservation status: The Ministry of Environment of South Korea listed P. tigris as an endangered species in 1997. Also, the North Korean Government selected three tiger habitats (Mt. Baekdu, Mt. Chuae and Wagal-peak) as Natural Monuments in 1981. The tiger became extinct in South Korea, and the status remains uncertain in North Korea ( Jo & Baccus 2016). Since tigers still inhabit areas of Far East Russia just north of the border with North Korea, the possibility of tigers crossing the Duman River into Korea still exists. The North Korean Government listed this species as ‘Endangered’, and the Red Data Book for South Korea registered the tiger as ‘Regionally Extinct’ (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002; NIBR 2012). This species is listed on CITES Appendix I.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Felidae

Genus

Panthera

Loc

Panthera tigris ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L. 2018
2018
Loc

P. tigris altaica:

Corbet 1978:
1978
Loc

P. tigris: Corbet, 1978 p.184

Oh 2004:
Won & Smith 1999:
Han 1994:
Corbet 1978:
1978
Loc

P. tigris longipilis:

Tate 1947:
1947
Loc

Panthera tigris coreensis:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott 1951:
Tate 1947:
Kishida & Mori 1931:
1931
Loc

Tigris mikodoi

Satunin 1915:
1915
Loc

F. tigris coreensis

Won 1968:
Won 1967:
Won 1958:
Kuroda 1938:
Brass 1904:
1904
Loc

Felis tigris

Won 1968:
Linnaeus 1758:
1758
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