"Recently, two studies have elucidated the relationships between Sunda Island tigers. Xue et al. (2015) showed that balica, sondaica and sumatrae share the same genetic clade but found slight differences (similar to the differences between virgata and altaica) between the islands. A comprehensive study by Wilting et al. (2015) showed that there is no geographical structure amongst these island populations and that they even share haplotypes, and concluded that Sunda Island tigers should be considered consubspecific. Furthermore, Wilting et al. (2015) failed to find support from multiple lines of evidence for mainland subspecies (morphological, molecular and ecological data), but did support the differentiation of Sunda Island tigers." A revised taxonomy of the Felidae: the final report of the CatSG of the IUCN
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