would like to deal at the beginning immediately with the contemporary circulation of the tiger. The center of the contemporary tigerpopulation lies in India, how one can already think. About 3.750 tigers in more than 300 reservations still existing there. The Indian government is the only one which already hung up a program to the protection of the tigers in the 70ern of the last century (politics & protection). The second bigger population is not to be found how one would be able to accept carelessly in Sibiria. The sumatratiger on the Sundaisland sumatra sets up the second-largest number with approximately 500 tigers on tigers of an sub-kind. No 300 animals more exist probably today from the Amurtiger in freedom. I more see no chances for the China tiger (amoytiger). From that sub-kind it appears like than there are less than 100 animals - this is too little for receipt of this sub-kind.

On the right edge you can see a representation of the contemporary circulation area at the contained graphic. India, China, some parts of Russia and a big part of Indonesia can you see here. The green faces show the tigerpopulations. The population of the sibirian tiger is so far scattered and thin that it is not possible to represent this clearly in the chosen measure.

Consequently, one finds tiger on the Indian sub continent, in the east Russian Sibiria, today on sumatra and in parts of China. All other circulation areas which the tiger settled can be designated today heavy heart as tiger free. You can find out the various reasons for this coming about below politics & protection (via the above link).

I would like to however now come at the more brilliant times of the tiger. It makes little sense on my perspective if I hundred from place names without a chart designate. On this basis, the text is disturbed again and again by maps. Many of the maps can also become found in the map house - I recommend you a look there.

This is a schematic representation of the tiger spreading in the past. The black ring is the area in which the first developed modern tiger for itself where the green point is the hypothetical origin center in the middle. The yellow arrows represents the directions of propagations and hiking ways dar. The Indian tiger has the least adaptations on its way durch revived and consequently, is the most initial form --> and therefore predestined as nominatform. The circulation area was gigantic. Subsequent representation shows circulation over that Sundaislands.

These representation shows the process of spreading of the tiger on the contemporary Sundaislands. The tiger came via Cambodia to contemporary Malaysia. He came from there from after sumatra - over a possible land bridge or also swam through the strait. Sumatra served as a springboard after java and bali. Therefore, the question might set itself today still up, whether java- and sub-kinds own balitiger really were or also that what we designate as sumatratiger today. In as long the position of the sumatratigers as a own kind Panthera sumatrae here a role plays however, is questionable.

As we can recognize, the main country of the tiger is the northeast China. From here from, the tiger entered upon its victory train to the north, upon west and upon south. He achieves the northern fields from contemporary point of view relatively simply since the climatic conditions were by far better than today. The climate of the early one Pleistocene in northeast Asia was moderate. When however the climate became relatively harder and colder in the later Pleistocene through the Ice Age, the tigers more and more were pushed to the south. However, some tigers adapted to these intensified conditions and in such a way, could consider degree Centigrade at temperatures to -40° in the winter - the ancestors the contemporary amur- and/or ussuritiger.

Spreading to central Asia was considerably more difficult. Example manner reached the first tigers that caspi mountains only according to that off fade away the Ice Age. The information about tigers in the west of Asia is extremely rare yet reports on tigers exist which advanced up to the baikal lake and/or were also domestic in the contemporary Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, these were relatively soon exterminated. The tiger occurred regularly in all its former circulation areas - however, the contemporary situation results for other reasons. Too former times the jablonowy mountains in transbaikalia was a natural boundary to the west. Behind this border was no regular occurrence.

The strongest tigerpopulations extended since ever on large rivers along. In east Sibiria, the two rivers Amur and Ussuri limit the main tiger field. It however, also occurred cases in which tiger from this core business up to Sachalin advanced. Sachalin is a the sibirian mainland preceding island in the pacific ocean that is the Delta of the amur rivers opposite (recognizable on the upper card).

The tiger area even extended up to Heiljongjang and the banks of the Chanka lake in this field. Even the northernmost Mongolia occasionally became passed by tigers. of individual tigers I would like to still address the tigers of Korea in order to remain in this corner of the world ich. In northern Korea, there was almost tiger exclusively in the field of the Puksubeksam mountains near the city Unesan. There was hardly tiger in other parts of Korea - this circumstance even causes discussions today since the reasons seem to be fuzzy for this field limitation. Itself I could hardly find information on this subject. Further tiger occurrences in the east of China are only handed down from the coast areas - furthermore, these should also play further role process no one.

The southeast part of the tiger field must also be taken more precisely natural under the magnifier. In addition to rear India, numerous reports also come from Burma and/or Myanmar. A great number of tigers were main from the upper Chindwin area known. However, is of course engaged it that the tiger existed in the entire country Burma. He came even on the peninsula Malaka down to Singapore. Tigers existed too in Thailand. They follow big courses mainly there. From other parts of Thailand, tiger occurrences are not hardly to at all confessed. Even further the Sundaislands are to the south of course still available. Good and dependable reports may come might carry out from Sumatra. The tiger occurred there too in the farawa spur of the island. Only at newer time, the tiger is threatened there extremely strongly. On the lower spreading board, Sumatra, Java and Bali (to the right of Java) can be seen.

The occurrence the tiger in the all of Pakistan is a bone of contention in science. It expressly must be stressed that one could only prove tiger with safety in the eastern areas of Pakistan and of Afghanistan. However, some researchers still go out from that that both countries "were"develop"" completely by tiger. In the late 70er years of the 20sten century, there were also reports on tigers in southeast Turkey close to the city Uludere. This area is about 45 kms away from the turkish-iranian boundary and is at the cymbal of the river Tigris - too in the mountains of the northern Iraq.

Here was a Ca. one-year old tiger pup bags. In this however, pups are not yet old man themselves continuous and in such a way, it must become gone out by it that the tiger mother coursed near. It would be extremely non-typical if a tigress with its boys in this age would leave the birth area. Consequently was borne small tigers in this area (probable). The tigers in this area exist therefore, could consequently, become pulled as a upshot. To what extent, these conclusions are valid today ones or whether they retrospective considers correctly be were is not followable.

In the complete circulation area, the tigers are not only to be found on specific altitudes. Regardless whether flat or ascending mountains to 3.500 m, the tiger occurred regularly there depending on population density - today unfortunately no more. Many researchers and V. G. Geptner, A. A. Sludskij or also R. I. Pocock in these circumstances investigated more precisely yet is hardly it here possible everything to mention these details. The question gives many controversies, around theory of tiger circulation, as for example whether there was tiger on Borneo. The tooth of a young tiger was found like this in Borneo. However, can not be derived it from a tooth that tigers existed there.

As a end, I would like to be still occupied with boundaries and obstacle in the tiger field. Why gives it one of these questions was no tigers in Sri Lanka! This can one actual only with late arrival the tiger explain in India. If one accepts the tiger as a northern animal (usual opinion), he had "migrate" only to India on the shown ways. The tiger arrived when Sri Lanka already had no combination of the mainland as only to the southern India. Since however are elephants and leopard there on Sri Lanka, these developed the southern living space in former times. That it is the tiger only of approx. 6.000 years came to India to be assumed in fact. During animals and elephant and leopard and lion already designated in early cultures may be, only appears the tiger for instance 1.100 years B. C. in mythology.

A further remarkable circumstance is the not regular occurring of tigers in more western fields as responded already. The tigers to Pakistan and that in India of the spreading line have to in such a way do nothing with each other. Why are the Indian tigers wandered all the way to Afghanistan not or the tigers there to Indiadouble-question This question is simple: There is a gigantic rampart between these two countries, that Hindu knuckle. This is a further fact, that the origin of the tiger of north. It can be excluded that he is an animal resulted to the south.

I must still mention the "Assam corridor" end final. Prevent things and deserts and mountain ranges of course, that animals advance certainly into other earth areas, however possibly nevertheless gives it a gap in this closure belt this are then mentioned corridors. The tiger reached through the Assam corridor from north to the southern India. Systems and the high mountains from Cashmere and at the one or the west Indian deserts on the other hand, the Assam corridor prevent other arcades to India. Many other animals followed the tiger or preceded him, others remained in the mountains, since this living space also agreed them - yet the tiger natural not, although there are also some few tigers in the high mountains areas of the Himalaya.