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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Acanthobrama telavivensis, Alagoas Curassow, Ameca splendens, American pygmy shrew, Astragalus nitidiflorus, Aylacostoma chloroticum, Aylacostoma guaraniticum, Aylacostoma stigmaticum, Barbary lion, Betula szaferi, Black softshell turtle, Bromus bromoideus, Bromus interruptus, Cachorrito de charco palmal, Cachorrito enano de potosi, Caucasian wisent, Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit, Commidendrum rotundifolium, Corypha taliera, Cosmos atrosanguineus, Cryosophila williamsii, Cyanea pinnatifida, Cyanea superba, Cyanea truncata, Egyptian Barbary Sheep, Encephalartos brevifoliolatus, Encephalartos woodii, Erica turgida, Erica verticillata, Erythroxylum echinodendron, Euphorbia mayurnathanii, Firmiana major, Formosan sika deer, Franklinia, Guam Rail, Haplochromis degeni, Haplochromis ishmaeli, Haplochromis lividus, Haplochromis perrieri, Hawaiian Crow, IUCN Red List extinct in the wild species (Animalia), IUCN Red List extinct in the wild species (Plantae), Jordaaniella anemoniflora, Kihansi Spray Toad, Kokia cookei, Leptogryllus deceptor, Lotus berthelotii, Lysimachia minoricensis, Mammillaria glochidiata, Mammillaria guillauminiana, Mangifera casturi, Mangifera rubropetala, North China sika deer, Partula dentifera, Partula faba, Partula hebe, Partula mirabilis, Partula mooreana, Partula nodosa, Partula rosea, Partula suturalis, Partula tohiveana, Partula tristis, Partula varia, Pere David's deer, Potosi pupfish, Puntius padamya, Rhododendron kanehirai, Scimitar oryx, Seychelles black terrapin, Seychelles giant tortoise, Shanxi sika deer, Socorro Dove, Sophora toromiro, South China tiger, Terminalia acuminata, Thermosphaeroma thermophilum, Trochetiopsis erythroxylon, Vietnamese sika deer, Wyoming toad, Yssichromis sp. nov. "argens." Excerpt: The South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) is a tiger subspecies that was native to the provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi in southern China, and has been classified as critically endangered by IUCN since 1996 as it is possibly extinct in the wild. There is a small chance that some individuals are still extant. But already in the late 1990s, continued survival was considered unlikely due to low prey density, widespread habitat degradation and fragmentation, and other human pressures. No official or biologist has seen a wild South China tiger since the early 1970s, when the last verified record is of an individual brought into captivity. Since the 1980s, the South China tiger is considered a relict population of the "stem" tiger, living close to the possible area of origin. Morphologically, it is the most distinctive of all tiger subspecies. The name Amoy tiger was used in the fur trade. It is also known as the South Chinese, the Chinese, and the Xiamen tiger. In 1905, the German zoologist Max Hilzheimer first described the South China tiger as similar in height to the Bengal tiger, but differing in skull and coat characteristics. Their carnassials and molars are shorter than in his Bengal tiger samples; the cranial region is shorter with orbits set closer together, postorbital processes are larger. Their coat is lighter and more yellowish; the stripes are narrower, more numerous and more sharp-edged. The South China tiger is the smallest tiger subspecies from mainland Asia, but bigger than the subspecies known from the Sunda islands such as the Sumatran tiger. Male measure from 230 to 265 cm (91 to 104 in) between the pegs, and weigh 130 to 175 kg (290 to 390 lb). Females are smaller and measure 220 to 240 cm (87 to 94 in) between the pegs, and weigh 110 to 115 kg (240 to 250 lb). Greatest length of skull in males is 318 to 343 mm (12.5 to 13.5 in), and in females 273 to 301 mm (10.7 to 11.9 in). The skulls described by Hilzheimer originated in Ha
