| Taika | |
|---|---|
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| (P. tigris tigris) | |
Conservation status
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Endangered
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| Scientific classification | |
| Mātāmuatanga: | Animalia
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| Pori: | Chordata
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| Pūtoi: | |
| Pūtoi: | Carnivora
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| Whānau: | Felidae
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| Puninga: | Panthera
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| Momo: | P. tigris
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| Binomial name | |
| Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tigris striatus Severtzov, 1858 | |
Ko te Taika (Panthera tigris) he kararehe nō ngahere Āhia, he momo ngeru. Koia tētahi o ngā ngeru nui e whā i te puninga Panthera.
Kauanuanutia ana tēnei kararehe ki ngā ahurea o ngā tangata o Āhia-ki-te-tonga-mā-rāwhiti. Ka ingoatia ia me ngā kupu ōrite i ngā reo Marāiu-Porinīhia pērā i te kupu harimau i te reo Marāiu, te kupu remaung i te reo Ipana, me te kupu halimaw i te reo Takaroka, katoa nō reo Ahiteronīhia i mua: *qari-maquŋ.[1] Ka tino mamao ngā motutere Aotearoa a ngā paparahi o te ao. Nō reira, kāore he tēnei kararehe i Aotearoa nei,[2] kāore i mōhiotia ngā tāngata Māori rānei. Ka takea te kupu taika mai te kupu Pākehā tiger nō te whakaako Pākehā.
