Paul
I checked with the our local zoo director who is an expert on small cats and
she suggested that you contact Ron Tilson and the Minn. Zoo. Sorry no E-mail
but a FAX number 612-431-9300.  She said, "He is the big cat person." Maybe
someone on the MUSEUM-L can give you an E-mail address for the zoo.

She also suggested that you check the web site for the ICUN (World
Conservation Union.) They have listings for tiger experts.

Good luck!

Tim

At 07:50 AM 9/11/96 GMT, you wrote:
>Can anyone help me identify two tiger specimens (to subspecies)? One of
>which may be extinct, and has been in our museum for many decades; the
>other which is a Siberian / Bengal or Indo-Chinese, and was recently
>donated to us by customs officials. We are keen to trace the geographical
>origins of these, as neither have any associated data.
>Many thanks,
>Paul Doyle, Conoco Natural History Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland
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