Tiger
Northern Indochinese tiger (P. t. corbetti)
According to the revised taxonomy of the Felidae, the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris corbetti is included into the subspecies Panthera tigris tigris.
The former subspecies Indochinese tiger was classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. The Indochinese tiger inhabits Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia, and possibly south-western China. Its status is poorly known. In the 1980s-1990s it was still considered widespread but is now absent from many areas. In Cambodia and Vietnam there is no evidence of breeding and only a few confirmed records, in Myanmar only one potential viable population remains and in Laos only one tiger population with fewer than 20 mature individuals remains. In China its status is unclear and there are few recent confirmed records. One of the last records was from 2007 of a single adult female in the Yunnan province. Its population is estimated to be no more than 342 individuals with 200 in Thailand, 85 in Myanmar, 20 in Vietnam, 20 in Cambodia, and 17 in Laos. The tiger is a national symbol in Malaysia and a mythical symbol of power in Myanmar. The largest subpopulation numbers less than 200 animals.
