Caucasian wisent
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The Caucasian wisent, also known as the Eurasian bison or dombay is an extinct subspecies of European bison that inhabited the Caucasus Mountains of Eastern Europe.
An alleged wild Caucasian bison in the 1900s
Taxidermied specimen, Museum of the Zoological Institute, Russia
A hybrid in Poznań Zoo
Caspian tiger
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The Caspian tiger was a Panthera tigris tigris population native to eastern Turkey, northern Iran, Mesopotamia, the Caucasus around the Caspian Sea, Central Asia to northern Afghanistan and the Xinjia
Caucasian wisent
…developed shoulder girdles, had significantly thicker and larger horns, less shaggy coats, and curly hairs on the rear of its head. It was hunted by the Caspian tiger and the Asiatic lion, as well as by other predators such as steppe wolves and Syrian brown bears. In the 17th century, the Caucasian bison still populated…
Panthera tigris virgata
Illustration of two Caspian tigers
Shore of the Türkmenbaşy Gulf at the Caspian Sea
The Tigris River outside Mosul in Iraq