The Indigenous Range of the Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Sanderson, Eric W; Miquelle, Dale G; Harihar, Abishek; Breitenmoser, Urs; Breitenmoserâ€ Wà¼rsten, Christine; Cooper, David M; Faziolahi, Kaveh; Fisher, Kim; Goodrich, John; Gray, Thomas N E; Kang, Aili; Kitchener, Andrew C; MacMillan, Douglas C; Ostrowski, Stephane; Royte, Lucinda; Thapa, Kanchan; Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki

The Indigenous Range of the Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Sanderson, Eric W

ORCID

Miquelle, Dale G

Harihar, Abishek

ORCID

Breitenmoser, Urs

Breitenmoserâ€ Wà¼rsten, Christine

Cooper, David M

Faziolahi, Kaveh

Fisher, Kim

Goodrich, John

Gray, Thomas N E

Kang, Aili

Kitchener, Andrew C

ORCID

MacMillan, Douglas C

Ostrowski, Stephane

Royte, Lucinda

Thapa, Kanchan

Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki

Date published

January 2025

Abstract

Indigenous range maps are fundamental documents in biogeography, phylogeny and conservation. We define the indigenous range of a species as ecoregions (or parts of ecoregions) where the species was likely found before humans became a major factor shaping the species' distribution, beginning at a time when the geographical alignment of the continents and the prevailing climate are (or at least were) roughly consistent with current conditions. We developed a structured, generally applicable method to map a species' indigenous range and applied this process to the tiger (Panthera tigris).