What Is The Scientific Name Of Tiger? (ANSWER)
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF TIGER – In this topic, we are going to know and identify the binomial or scientific name of tiger.
The tiger is, by far, the largest extant cat species known for its dark, vertical stripes on its orange-brown fur with a lighter underside.
It usually preys on deers and wild bo=ars or generally, ungulates. The tiger was once a native from the Eastern Anatolia Region in the west to the Amur River basin, and in the south from the foothills of the Himalayas to Bali in the Sunda islands.
It is now under the list of endagered species on the IUCN Red List. There are now about between 3,062 and 3,948 mature individuals as of 2015.
This species is among the most recognisable and popular of the globe’s charismatic megafauna.
Scientific Name
The binomial name of tiger is Panthera tigris.
Panthera is a genus of the cat family Delidae, which is composed of tiger, lion, jaguar, and more. Panthera is a Latin term derived from the Greek word “pánthēr“, which obviuously means “panther. It is derived from the Sanskrit word pāṇḍ-ara which means “pale yellow, whitish, white”.
The species name tigris, on the other hand, is the Latin term for tiger. It is derived from the Classical Greek term “tigris”, which could possibly derived from the Tigris river, the Persian word tigra meaning ‘pointed or sharp’, oir the Avestan term tigrhi, which means “arrow”.