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  2. Caspian tiger - Wikipedia

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    Stimulated by recent findings that the Siberian tiger is the closest relative of the Caspian tiger, discussions started as to whether the Siberian tiger could be appropriate for reintroduction into a safe place in Central Asia, where the Caspian tiger once roamed. [43] The Amu Darya delta was suggested as a potential site for such a project.

  3. Amu Darya - Wikipedia

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    The Caspian tiger used to occur along the river's banks. [33] After its extirpation, the Darya's delta was suggested as a potential site for the introduction of its closest surviving relative, the Siberian tiger. A feasibility study was initiated to investigate if the area is suitable and if such an initiative would receive support from ...

  4. Siberian Tiger Introduction Project - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] A national park tentatively known as Caspian Tiger National Park for introduced tigers might be opened in the near future. [7] The Amu Darya river delta was suggested as a potential site. A feasibility study was initiated to investigate if the area was suitable and if such an initiative would receive support from relevant decision makers.

  5. Ili River - Wikipedia

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    Until 1948, the delta was a refuge of the extinct Caspian tiger. An introduction of the Siberian tiger to the delta has been proposed on account that it is a genetically close relative of the Caspian tiger. A large population of wild boar, the main prey base of the Caspian tiger, can be still [when?] found in the delta. There is also a small ...

  6. Siberian tiger - Wikipedia

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    Until 1948, the delta was a refuge of the extinct Caspian tiger. Reintroduction of the Siberian tiger to the delta has been proposed. Large populations of wild boar inhabit the swamps of the delta. The reintroduction of the Bukhara deer, which was once an important prey, is under consideration. The Ili delta is therefore considered as a ...

  7. Wildlife of China - Wikipedia

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    The Caspian tiger was last seen in the Manasi River Basin of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the 1960s, where this population is now extinct. [15] The South China tiger is an endemic population whose habitat is now confined to the mountain regions of Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong and Fujian.

  8. Danube Delta - Wikipedia

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    The Danube Delta (Romanian: Delta ... During the Middle Ages, the Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) was a resident across the steppes of Ukraine, including ...

  9. List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene - Wikipedia

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    Named a distinct subspecies in 1844, but genetic research indicates that it is not different enough from the extant Sumatran tiger, and as a result the taxon P. t. sondaica is not extinct. [24] Caspian tiger: Population of the mainland Asian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Western and Central Asia