Wanhsien Tiger

The Wanhsien tiger ( Panthera tigris acutidens), is an extinct subspecies of tiger that lived in Asia from the late Pliocene until the middle Pleistocene. They were driven to extinction in the islands of Indonesia by another tiger subspecies, the Trinil tiger (P. t. trinilensis) and in Asia by yet another subspecies, the South China tiger (P. t. amoyensis ) The Wanhsien tiger is the earliest known extinct tiger subspecies, and populated a huge majority of Asia. It is larger than Siberian tigers, it grew to sizes of 2.3 metres (7.5 ft) in length, 120 centimetres (47 in) in height, and 200 kilograms (440 lb) to 350 kilograms (770 lb) in weight.