The Cat Classification Task Force recognized the tiger populations in continental Asia as P. t. tigris .
A study published in 2018 using a whole-genome sequencing approach supported six monophyletic clades , which correspond to distinct subspecies , despite the fact that in 2017 , the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group revised felid taxonomy and recognized the tiger populations in continental Asia as P. t. tigris , and those in the Sunda Islands as P. t. sondaica .
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