as part of a genetic study into tigers, it is noted here that the Malayan tiger population (those in the Malay peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra) is a distinct subspecies Tigris tigris jacksoni, which would also include those that once roam Singapore.


Mitochondrial Phylogeography Illuminates the Origin of the Extinct Caspian Tiger and Its Relationship to the Amur Tiger

- Carlos A. Driscoll, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Gila Kahila Bar-Gal, Alfred L. Roca, Shujin Luo, David W. Macdonald, Stephen J. O'Brien

- PLoS ONE Vol 4 Issue 1 e4125