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How many years have tigers existed in the world?
Tiger: a big cat; The coat is light yellow or brownish yellow with black stripes; Round head, short ears, black behind the ears and a white spot in the center. Strong limbs; The tail is thick and long, with black rings and black tail. Mountain forest animals live in tropical rain forest, green broad-leaved forest, deciduous broad-leaved forest and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest, preying on ridges, bushes and rocks or gravel ponds. Living alone, men and women will live together only during the breeding season. There are no fixed nests, and most of them wander in the mountains for food. Can swim, can't climb trees.

The historical origin of the tiger is generally recognized as follows: the tiger originated in East Asia 2 million years ago and then spread in two main directions:

1. Forests and water systems in the northwest direction enter southwest Asia; 2. It entered Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent along the south and southwest directions, and some of them eventually entered the Indonesian archipelago. Tigers have evolved into nine subspecies, namely South China Tiger, Northeast Tiger, Bengal Tiger, Indian zhina Tiger, Malay Tiger, Sumatra Tiger, Bali Tiger, Java Tiger and Lihai Tiger.