Panthera tigris acutidens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
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| Subspecies: | †P. t. acutidens
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| Trinomial name | |
| †Panthera tigris acutidens (Zdansky, 1928)
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Panthera tigris acutidens or Wanhsien tiger is an extinct
Sichuan Province. Otto Zdansky named it Felis acutidens.[1] After the fossils were re-examined in 1947, they were attributed to Panthera tigris acutidens by Dirk Albert Hooijer and Walter W. Granger.[2]
Description
The P. t. acutidens fossils from Wanhsien in the collection of the
metatarsals, and several parts of jaws. The tibia is 29.7 cm (11.7 in) long and 8.1 cm (3.2 in) in diameter. The humerus is 30.6 cm (12.0 in) long and slightly smaller in width, length and diameter than humeri of Siberian tiger.[2] It would have weighed 200 to 350 kg (440 to 770 lb) in body mass.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Zdansky, O. (1928). "Die Säugetiere der Quartärfauna von Chou-K'ou-Tien" [The mammals of the Quaternary Fauna of Chou-K'ou-Tien]. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C. 5 (4): 1–146, Plates 1–16.
- ^ a b Hooijer, D. A.; Granger, W. (1947). "Pleistocene remains of Panthera tigris (Linnaeus) subspecies from Wanhsien, Szechwan, China, compared with fossil and Recent tigers from other localities" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (1346): 1–18.
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