What was the other name for the extinct tiger subspecies, which inhabited the sparse forests and riverine corridors west and south of the Caspian Sea, from Turkey, Mesopotamia, Iran and the Caucasus, that has a project reestablishing populations of the Siberian tiger by introducing them as replacements to the extinct tiger?
Caspian tiger The Caspian tiger ("Panthera tigris virgata") is an extinct tiger subspecies, which inhabited the sparse forests and riverine corridors west and south of the Caspian Sea, from Turkey, Mesopotamia, Iran and the Caucasus, through Central Asia to the Takla Makan desert of Xinjiang in China, until the end of the 20th century. Depending on the region, it was also called Hyrcanian tiger, Turanian tiger, Persian tiger, and "Babre Mazandaran" (Persian: ‎ ‎ , Tiger of Mazandaran). It was one of the largest big cats to have ever lived and was described as being intermediate in size between Siberian and Bengal tigers.
Megaloceros Megaloceros (from Greek: μεγαλος, megalos + κερας, keras, literally "Great Horn"; see also Lister [1987]) is an extinct genus of deer whose members lived throughout Eurasia from the late Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene and were important herbivores during the Ice Ages. The largest species, "Megaloceros giganteus", vernacularly known as the "Irish Elk" or "Giant elk", is also the best known.