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Kun, J.; Dong, Z.; Meiling, H.; Lijun, W.
Historical change on distribution and quantity of the South-China tiger
1998 Journal of Forestry Research (9): 136-138
As one of five survived tiger subspecies, the South-China tiger _(Panthera tigris amoyensis) _specially disperses in China. This paper dedicated distribution and quantity of wild South-China tiger, and also introduced distribution, quantity and pedigree of captive South-China tiger. In the middle of this century, about several thousands South-China tiger distributed in following provinces, such as Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan, Henan, Shanxi, Shanxi, Gansu. etc.. Until now, there are only about 20-30 wild South-China tigers distributing in the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Hunan, Sichuan, and 50 captive South-China tiger are raised in zoos of China.
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