Research team: Malayan tiger a new subspecies


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 04 Nov 2004

MALACCA: For the zoological community, tigers in Malaysia are even more precious now. Contrary to previous belief, the local big cat does not belong to the panthera tigris corbetti (Indochinese tiger) species but a new subspecies.  

The discovery by a research team in the United States was announced at the South-East Asia Zoo Association conference held in Hong Kong in September. 

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