Caspian tiger

The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)[5] is an extinct tiger population, which inhabited the sparse forests and riverine corridors west and south of the Caspian Sea, from Turkey, Mesopotamia, Iran, and the Caucasus, through Central Asia to the Takla Makan desert of Xinjiang in China, until the end of the 20th century.[1][2] Results of phylogeographic analysis indicate that the Caspian and Siberian tiger populations shared a common continuous geographic distribution until 200 years ago, but became fragmented due to human influence.[6]
It was also called Hyrcanian tiger, Turanian tiger,[2] Persian tiger[7] and Babre Mazandaran (Persian: ببرِ مازندران‬‎, Tiger of Mazandaran), depending on the region of its occurrence.[8][9] The Caspian tiger was one of the largest cats to have ever lived, and was described as being intermediate in size between Siberian and Bengal tigers.[8][4][7]
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:IUCN red list extinct species
Category:Tigers
Category:Extinct mammals of asia
Category:Felids of asia
Category:Mammals of central asia
Category:Mammal extinctions since 1500
Category:Species made extinct by human activities
Category:1958 in the enviroment
Category:Fauna of western asia
Category:Fauna of iran