PERSIAN TIGERPERSIAN TIGER

Carlos MarecoCarlos MarecoRichard DuranRichard Duran

4to B4to B

Panthera tigris virgataPanthera tigris virgata

The tiger or Persian tiger The tiger or Persian tiger Caspian (Panthera tigris Caspian (Panthera tigris virgata) is extinct. virgata) is extinct.

Persians Tigers lived in Persians Tigers lived in Anatolia, the Caucasus, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Kurdistan, Iraq north ofIran, Kurdistan, Iraq north ofIran, Afghanistan and Central Afghanistan and Central Asia.Asia.

DescriptionDescription

The coat of this species The coat of this species was yellow – gold.was yellow – gold.

The stripes, instead of The stripes, instead of being black, had a being black, had a brown of different brown of different shades and even shades and even turned yellow in the turned yellow in the white areas near the white areas near the belly. belly.

DistributionDistribution

ReproductionReproduction

Caspian tigers were solitary animals, Caspian tigers were solitary animals, rarely interacting with other animals rarely interacting with other animals of the species outside the breeding of the species outside the breeding season.season.

After a gestation of about 100 days, After a gestation of about 100 days, the tigers gave birth to two or three the tigers gave birth to two or three cubs.cubs.

History its extintionHistory its extintion

Current Tigers descend from Current Tigers descend from a single original population a single original population that lived during the that lived during the Pleistocene in southern Pleistocene in southern Siberia and then migrated Siberia and then migrated southward, spreading southward, spreading throughout much of Asia. throughout much of Asia.

CAUSES OF EXTINCTIONCAUSES OF EXTINCTION

The Caspian Tiger became extinct The Caspian Tiger became extinct because it was used by the Romans in the because it was used by the Romans in the arenas and was made to fight against arenas and was made to fight against gladiatorsgladiators

. The species was also hunted by the . The species was also hunted by the Russians. Russians.