Mitochondrial phylogeography illuminates the origin of the extinct caspian tiger and its relationship to the amur tiger.

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. For over a century naturalists puzzled over the taxonomic validity, placement, a...

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Main Authors: Carlos A Driscoll, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Gila Kahila Bar-Gal, Alfred L Roca, Shujin Luo, David W Macdonald, Stephen J O'Brien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004125&type=printable
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