Browsing by Subject "Tigers"
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Comparative skull analysis suggests species-specific captivity-related malformation in lions (Panthera leo)
( Public Library of Science , 2014 , Article)Lion (Panthera leo) populations have dramatically decreased worldwide with a surviving population estimated at 32,000 across the African savannah. Lions have been kept in captivity for centuries and, although they reproduce ... -
Mitochondrial phylogeography illuminates the origin of the extinct caspian tiger and its relationship to the amur tiger
( Public Library of Science , 2009 , Article)The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) flourished in Central Asian riverine forest systems in a range disjunct from that of other tigers, but was driven to extinction in 1970 prior to a modern molecular evaluation. ...