The modern tiger is thought to have originated in northern Asia during the Pleistocene Epoch and spread southward thereafter, crossing the Himalayas only about 10,000 years ago.

• 现代的老虎被认为已经其后在更新世新纪元和扩延的南方时候在亚洲北部开始,只有大约在 10,000 年以前横越喜马拉雅山。