e/Panthera tigris sudanensis

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has gloss	eng: The Panthera tigris sudanensis is not a scientifically recognised subspecies of the tiger, allegedly living in Africa. It was described in 1951 by Paul E. P. Deraniyagala, based on a fur he saw on a Cairo bazaar. When he asked the seller for information, Deraniyagala was told that the animal was shot in Sudan. As Mazák wrote in 1980 , it was either a joke or the seller felt obliged to be polite and answer any question, whether with truth or an invention. Deraniyagala took a picture of the specimen's fur, which, when published, made the scientists say that according to the pattern of stripes it was most likely a fur of the Caspian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) and that the fur must have been smuggled from Iran or Turkey. At that time the Caspian Tiger was nearly extinct. If a photo was enough for a scientific description, Panthera tigris sudanensis would now be one of the Caspian Tiger synonyms - as Mazák wrote, "the situation is half-humorous,...
lexicalization	eng: Panthera tigris sudanensis
instance of	(noun) large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered Panthera tigris, tiger