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| − | |superkingdom= | + | |domain=Eukaryota |
| − | |kingdom= Animalia | + | |kingdom=Animalia |
| − | |subkingdom= | + | |subkingdom=Bilateria |
| | + | |branch=Deuterostomia |
| | |superphylum= | | |superphylum= |
| | |phylum=Chordata | | |phylum=Chordata |
| − | |subphylum= | + | |subphylum=Vertebrata |
| − | |infraphylum= | + | |infraphylum=Gnathostomata |
| | |microphylum= | | |microphylum= |
| | |superdivision= | | |superdivision= |
| | |division= | | |division= |
| | |subdivision= | | |subdivision= |
| − | |superclass= | + | |superclass=Tetrapoda |
| | |class=Mammalia | | |class=Mammalia |
| − | |subclass= | + | |subclass=Theriiformes |
| − | |infraclass= | + | |infraclass=Holotheria |
| − | |superorder= | + | |superorder=Preptotheria |
| | |order=Carnivora | | |order=Carnivora |
| − | |suborder= | + | |suborder=Feliformia |
| | |infraorder= | | |infraorder= |
| | |superfamily= | | |superfamily= |
| | + | |families= |
| | |family=Felidae | | |family=Felidae |
| − | |subfamily= | + | |subfamily=Pantherinae |
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| | There have been numerous historical cases of man-eating tigers; sometimes claiming hundreds of victims. However, the animals involved were often found to have been injured, frequently by [[porcupine]]s or [[gun]]shot wounds, and healthy tigers do not generally eat people. | | There have been numerous historical cases of man-eating tigers; sometimes claiming hundreds of victims. However, the animals involved were often found to have been injured, frequently by [[porcupine]]s or [[gun]]shot wounds, and healthy tigers do not generally eat people. |
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| − | == Famous tigers in literature and popular culture == | + | ==References== |
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| − | *Tigger - in [[A.A. Milne]]'s [[Winnie the Pooh]].
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| − | *Sher Khan - in [[Kipling]]'s ''The Jungle Book''.
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| − | *Hobbes - in the comic [[Calvin and Hobbes]].
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| − | *Tony the Tiger - a corporate icon associated with [[breakfast cereal]].
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| − | *The Esso Tiger - in [[Canada]] the official symbol for [[Imperial Oil]].
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| − | *The [[Detroit Tigers]] of Major League Baseball.
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| − | *The year of the tiger is one of the twelve years of [[Chinese]] [[astrology]].
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| − | *The longest running version of Mac OS X, version 10.4, was known as 'Tiger'.
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| − | *The [[Cincinnati Bengals]] of the [[National Football League]].
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| − | *Tassie Tigers cricket team.
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| − | *[[Tiger Woods]], the greatest golfer of his generation.
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| − | *Canada's 'Giant Tiger' [[discount store]].
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| − | *Tiger Jackson, a character from the [[video game]] Tekken 3.
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| − | *Tiger-Tiger [[ice cream]], a delicious blend of licorice and orange ice cream.
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| − | *Tiger Beer, the most successful brand of [[beer]] in South Asia.
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| − | * And the most literary of all - [[William Blake]]'s:
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| − | :''Tyger! Tyger! burning bright''
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| − | :''In the forests of the night,''
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| − | :''What immortal hand or eye''
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| − | :''Can frame thy fearful symmetry?''
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