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• 2007年11月01日11:21 太阳时报

Farmer spots rare wild South China tiger

　　October 13, 2007

　　BY ASSSOCIATED PRESS

　　BEIJING---- A type of tiger thought to be extinct in the wild for more than two decades has been photographed in a mountainous area in northwest China, state media reported Saturday.

　　The endangered subspecies known as the South China tiger was spotted by a farmer on Oct. 3, the China Daily said.

　　Experts confirmed that it was a young wild South China tiger, the newspaper quoted Shaanxi Forestry Administration Bureau Deputy Director Zhu Julong as saying.

　　''After the careful examination, experts confirmed the authenticity of the photos. That means the tiger has been found again after more than 20 years,'' Zhu said.

　　The South China tiger is one of the world's smallest and the only tiger subspecies native to China's central and southern areas, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

　　In the early 1950s, there were 4,000 of the tigers across the country, but that number fell as their habitat was squeezed by China's economic boom. There are 68 of the tigers in zoos in China, the newspaper said.

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农夫察觉罕见的野生中国南方老虎

　　2007年10月13日

　　由ASSSOCIATED新闻

　　北京----一类老虎被认为已灭绝，在野外的两个多几十年来已被拍照，在一个多山的地区，在我国西北地区，国家媒体报道，周六。

　　濒临绝种的亚种被称为华南虎被检举，由一个农民10月3日，中国日报说。

　　专家确认，这是一个年轻的野生华南虎，该报引述陕西省林业行政统计局副局长朱巨龙说。

　　''后仔细检查，专家们确认真实性的照片。这意味着老虎已发现后再次超过20年， ''朱说。

　　华南虎是世界上最小的和唯一的虎亚种乡土中国的中部和南部地区，官方的新华社说。

　　我国早在20世纪50年代，有4,000的老虎全国各地，但这一数字下降为自己的栖息地被挤压，中国的经济景气。我国目前有68的老虎在动物园中，中国的报纸负责人说。