Bengal Tiger

The Bengal Tiger is a subpecies of tiger and one of the few species still alive on Earth. They were native to the vast rainforests that once covered southeast Asia until their initial extinction in 2048, but was successfully cloned back using DNA samples in 2148. It was a carnivorous feline that hunted using its striped body as camouflage.
== Taxonomy ==
Felis tigris was the scientific used by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for the tiger. It was subordinated to the genus Panthera in 1929. Bengal is the traditional type locality of the species and the nominate Panthera tigris tigris.
==History==
=== Extinction ===
Due to poaching and fragmentation of habitats, the Bengal Tiger went extinct in 2048 and remained extinct well over the 21st century. 
=== Cloned Back Into Existence ===
In 2148, the Tiger was brought back in the Beijing Zoo using existing DNA samples, making the species one of the few still surviving on the ravaged planet. Such event were reported by news medial outlets.
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