The adjective bad meaning âunpleasant, unattractive, unfavorable, spoiled, etc.,â is the usual form to follow such copulative verbs as sound, smell, look, and taste: After the rainstorm the water tasted bad. The coach says the locker room smells bad.
Taxonomy. 1  Cat species comprise about 16% of the world's carnivores. 2  The Felidae family has 18 genera encompassing about 40 species. 3  There are eight recognized subspecies of tiger, five of which are living (Bengal, Amur, Indo-Chinese, Sumatran and South China tigers).
The genus Panthera includes the four âbig catsâ - tiger, lion, leopard and jaguar. Of the nine tiger sub-species only five highly endangered sub-species remain-Amur/Siberian (P.t. altaica), Bengal/Indian (P.t. tigris), Indochinese (P.t. corbetti), Sumatran (P.t. sumatrae), and Malayan (P.t. jacksoni). In 2003/4 genetic testing showed DNA differences between northern and southern Indochinese tigers.