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Caspian tiger

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of an extinct race of Panthera tigris tigris, recorded in the wild until the early 1970s, and formerly inhabiting the sparse forest habitats and riverine corridors west and south of the Caspian Sea, from Turkey, Iran and west through Central Asia into the Taklamakan Desert of Xinjiang, China.

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 裡海虎 /里海虎 (lǐhǎilhǔ) — extinct tiger
  • Finnish: kaspiantiikeri — extinct tiger
  • Persian: ببر مازندران (babr-e mâzandarân) — extinct tiger
  • Persian: ببر هیرکانی (babr-e hirkâni) — extinct tiger
  • Portuguese: tigre do Cáspio — extinct tiger
  • Russian: закавка́зский тигр (zakavkázskij tigr) — extinct tiger
  • Russian: тура́нский тигр (turánskij tigr) — extinct tiger