Phylogenetic Trees — Panthera tigris amoyensis

Shuhan Li  ·  South China Tiger  ·  Temperate Upland Forest Biome

Phylogeny of Family Felidae

Broad cladogram showing the evolutionary origin of genus Panthera and the position of Panthera tigris

~25 MYA ~15 MYA ~10.8 MYA ~6 MYA ~3.6 MYA Present Pseudaelurus (common ancestor) Machairodontinae (saber-toothed cats) † EXTINCT ~10,000 ya Subfamily Felinae (34 species, 12 genera) Neofelis (clouded leopards, 2 spp.) P. uncia (snow leopard) P. pardus (leopard) P. leo (lion) P. onca (jaguar) P. tigris ★ (tiger — our organism) Genus Panthera Subfamily Pantherinae
Extant lineage
Extinct lineage
† Extinct
★ Study organism

Adapted from Davis, B.W., Li, G., & Murphy, W.J. (2010). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 56(1), 64–76; Li, G. et al. (2016). Genome Res., 26(1), 1–11. Divergence dates approximate.

Phylogeny of Panthera tigris Subspecies

Cladogram showing relationships among the nine recognized tiger subspecies, with P. t. amoyensis as the most basal lineage

~108,000–72,000 ya Present → Time → MRCA of all P. tigris P. t. amoyensis ★ South China tiger Most basal divergence — retains ancestral morphology Mainland Subspecies P. t. tigris Bengal tiger P. t. corbetti Indochinese tiger P. t. jacksoni Malayan tiger P. t. altaica Amur / Siberian tiger P. t. virgata Caspian tiger † EXTINCT Sunda Island Subspecies P. t. sumatrae Sumatran tiger P. t. sondaica Javan tiger † EXTINCT P. t. balica Bali tiger † EXTINCT
Extant lineage
Extinct lineage
Study organism
† Extinct
★ P. t. amoyensis

Adapted from Luo, S.J. et al. (2004). PLoS Biology, 2(12), e442; Davis, B.W. et al. (2010). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 56(1), 64–76. MRCA date based on mtDNA molecular clock estimates. Branching order within mainland clade approximate due to rapid Pleistocene radiation and introgression.

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