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heimer) [,] the Manchurian tiger (Panther a tigris amurensis, Dode) 

 . . . should not be preserved as part of this country's wonderfully 

 rich mammalian fauna" (Sowerby, 1937, p. 257). 



[In South China, from Chekiang and Hupeh southward, and also 

 westward to Yunnan, the Tiger occurs somewhat more commonly 

 than in the more northerly regions. To this form Hilzheimer has 

 given the name of Felis tigris var. amoyensis (Zool. Anz., vol. 28, 

 p. 598, 1905; type locality, presumably the vicinity of Hankow, 

 Hupeh) . It is recognized by G. M. Allen (1938, p. 480) , who regards 

 Panthera tigris styani Pocock (1929) as a synonym. W. L. Smith 

 (1920, pp. 355-363) gives an extremely interesting account of the 

 methods of the native hunters in the vicinity of Amoy, who, armed 

 only with torches and trident spears, track the Tigers into caves. 

 There is also an account of the Tiger of Fukien by Andrews (in 

 Andrews and Andrews, 1919, pp. 44-66) . 



In French Indo-China, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula the Tiger 

 seems to be moderately common. For example, the number in Cochin 

 China is estimated at 200-300; here it is of interest from the point 

 of view of big-game hunting, but not commercially (Roche, Chef 

 du Service Veterinaire du Cochinchine, in litt., 1937) . Rodolphe M. 

 de Schauensee informs me that the Tiger is common in Siam (Thai- 

 land) but preys chiefly on the wild game and does not seem to be 

 regarded as a serious pest. The Tiger of these regions is not dis- 

 tinguished by Pocock (1929, pp. 532-533) from the Indian Tiger. 



The Indian or Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus)) 

 ranges westward through Burma to India, where it inhabits the 

 greater part of the Peninsula from the southern slopes of the 

 Himalayas southward, but avoids the treeless and desert areas. It 

 is not yet rare enough to call for any special discussion in this 

 report.] 



Tiger of Chinese Turkestan 



PANTHERA TIGRIS LECOQI (Schwarz) 



Felis tigris lecoqi Schwarz, Zool. Anz., vol. 47, no. 12, p. 351, 1916. ("Gebiet 

 von Kurla, Lop-nor-Gebiet" (probably near Bagrash Kul), Chinese 

 Turkestan.) 



All the Tigers of Chinese Turkestan will be treated for convenience 

 under this name, although the exact limits of the subspecies are 

 unknown. Evidently the animal is not at all numerous, and its 

 numbers may have declined to the point of extinction. In his review 

 of the Tigers, Pocock (1929) seems to have overlooked the name 

 of this subspecies as well as the occurrence of any Tiger in Chinese 

 Turkestan. 



