Tigers with the Latin name phanthera tigris, are divided again with nine subspecies, of which six subspecies are alive and three subspecies have been declared extinct. And six surviving subspecies are:

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1.phanthera tigris altaica (siberian tiger)

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2.phanthera tigris sumatrae (sumatran tiger)

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3.phanthera tigris tigris (bengal tiger)

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4.phanthera tigris jacksoni (malayan tiger)

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5.phanthera tigris corbetti (indochina tiger)

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6.phanthera tigris amoyensis (southern chinese tiger

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And three subspecies of tigers that have been declared extinct are :

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1.phanthera tigris sondaica (javan tiger)

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2.phanthera tigris balica ( bali tiger)

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3.phanthera tigris virgata (caspian tiger )