At the beginning of the last century, it is believed that worldwide, there were possibly many thousands of tigers in the wild with about a few thousands of those in India. A WWF-WCS survey found that tigers have lost 93% of their historic range. In the last 10 years, tiger habitat decreased by an alarming 45%.
The only surviving member of the Sunda island tigers, the Sumatran tiger lives only on the island of Sumatra, in Indonesia. Male Sumatran tigers grow up to 8 feet long and weigh up to 265 pounds. Females grow up to 7 feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds. South China Tiger. There are less than 100 South China tigers remaining in the world Tigers can live in a wide variety of habitats, including rainforests, grasslands, mangrove swamps, and even snowy coniferous forests. They live in temperatures ranging from -40°C to 40°C, as each subspecies has adapted to its environment. Tigers in snowy northeast Asia, for example, are larger and have longer hair to cope with the colder weather. The Amur - or Siberian - tiger is much larger, averaging around 170kg (though there are historic reports of males clocking in at 300kg or more) and is now found mainly one corner of farSUMATRAN TIGER (Panthera tigris sumatrae) IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Current Population Trend: Decreasing Estimated Number in Sumatra, Indonesia: 670 (last estimated in 2014) Existing breeding populations in Sumatra, Indonesia: Yes Protected status in Sumatra, Indonesia: Yes speciesconservation.org Aceh Project Target Areas
According to WWF survey, currently, there are about 2,500 Bengal tigers in the world. 7. Bali Tiger - Extinct. Kingdom Order/Suborder Family Genus Before Bali tigers went completely extinct in 1937, they were the resident of Bali island in Indonesia. The main reason for their extinction is hunting (for both medicinal and aesthetic YB20.