ASIAN TIGERS A Majestic Creature

Asian Tigers Tiger, a majestic creature that roams the plains of Asia. This creature is beautiful as well as ferocious, these species are continuously hunted down for its skin, bones and it’s beautiful striped hide. These creatures are critically endangered with only a few thousand remaining in the world. There are 8 different species of tigers with 3 extinct leaving 5 species alive.

Scientific name: Panthera tigris tigris Length: cm Habitat: Jungles of Asia Weight : kg Current status: Endangered The Royal Bengal Tiger

The Royal Bengal tiger, the national animal of India is an incredible sight. With its orange hide marked with dark stripes, its white underbelly, long tail, huge paws and fearsome teeth, the Royal Bengal Tiger of India is justifiably called the 'King of the Jungle'. The Royal Bengal Tiger is a super predator and important member of the carnivores that once roamed and dominated all of South East Asia. It is one of the stealthiest hunters, known for its intelligent and powerful attacks.

Scientific name: Panthera tigris altaica Length: upto 10 ft Habitat: Temperate forest Weight: kgs Current status: Endangered The Siberian Tiger

The Siberian/Amur Tiger Amur tigers were once found throughout the Russian Far East, northern China, and the Korean peninsula. By the 1940s, hunting had driven the Amur tiger to the brink of extinction—with no more than 40 individuals remaining in the wild. The subspecies was saved when Russia became the first country in the world to grant the tiger full protection. By the 1980s, the Amur tiger population had increased to around 500.

Scientific name :Panthera tigris sumatrae Habitat: Tropical Broadleaf Evergreen, Forest, Peat Swamps, and Freshwater Swamp Forests. Weight: kgs Current status: Critically Endangered The Sumatran Tiger

Today, the last of Indonesia’s tigers—now less than 400—are holding on for survival in the remaining patches of forests on the island of Sumatra. Sumatran tigers are the smallest surviving tiger subspecies and are distinguished by heavy black stripes on their orange coats. They are protected by law in Indonesia, with tough provisions for jail time and steep fines. But despite increased efforts in tiger conservation—including law enforcement and antipoaching capacity—a substantial market remains in Sumatra and the rest of Asia for tiger parts and products.

Scientific name: Panthera tigris corbetti Habitat: Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Population: Around 300 Current Status: Endangered The Indo-Chinese Tiger

The Indochinese tiger is mostly found in lowland and highland tropical deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen forests in Indochina. Today, the subspecies is confined to remote forests in hilly to mountainous terrain mostly along the borders of their range states. Most are found in Thailand, but they also live in eastern Myanmar, southern China, Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam. The population in captivity of pure Indochinese tigers is low as the animals once included in this subspecies' breeding programs were found to be of the recently discovered Malayan tiger. There are estimated to be 14 individuals in zoos.

Scientific Name: Panthera tigris amoyensis Status : Endangered Population: Believed to be extinct in the wild Habitat: Southeast China - Hainan: Moist Forests The South Chinese Tiger

The South China tiger population was estimated to number 4,000 individuals in the early 1950s. In the next few decades, thousands were killed as the subspecies was hunted as a pest. The Chinese government banned hunting in By 1996 the population was estimated to be just individuals. Today the South China tiger is considered by scientists to be “functionally extinct,” as it has not been sighted in the wild for more than 25 years.

Scientific name: Panthera tigris sondaica Status: Extinct since mid 1970s Weight: 75Kg and 140 Kg Height (head to tail): 200cms to 245cms The Javan Tiger

At the end of the 18th century, tigers inhabited most of Java. Until 1940, tigers had retreated to remote mountainous and forested areas. Around 1970, the only known tigers lived in the region of Mount Betiri, with an altitude of 1,192 m the highest mountain in Java's southeast, which had not been settled due to the rugged and sloppy terrain. In 1972, the 500 km 2 area was gazetted as wildlife reserve. The last tigers were sighted there in They preyed on rusa deer, banteng and wild boar, less often on water fowl and reptiles. Nothing is known about their gestation period, or life span in the wild and in captivity.

Scientific names : Panthera tigris balica. Status : Extinct since September 27, 1937 Weights : 65–80 kg Height : 195cms -120cms The Bali Tiger

The Bali tiger was a subspecies of tiger which was found solely on the small Indonesian island of Bali. This was one of three subspecies of tigers found in Indonesia, together with the Javan tiger, which is also extinct, and the critically endangered Sumatran tiger. It was the smallest of the tiger subspecies. The last specimen definitely recorded was a female shot at Sumbar Kima, west Bali, on September 27, Bali tigers had short fur that was a deeper, darker orange and had fewer stripes than other tiger subspecies. Occasionally, between the stripes, were small black spots. Bali tigers also had unusual, bar-shaped patterns on their heads.

Scientific names : Panthera tigris virgata Status : Extinct since 1970s Height : 160cms-200cms Weight : kg The Caspian Tiger

The Caspian tiger is a tiger subspecies that had been recorded in the wild until the early 1970s, and used to inhabit the sparse forest habitats and riverine corridors west and south of the Caspian Sea, from Turkey, Iran and east through Central Asia into the Takla Makan desert of Xinjiang, China. There are no individuals in captivity. The Caspian tiger together with the Siberian and Bengal tiger subspecies represented the largest living felid and ranked among the biggest felids that ever existed.

SAVE THE TIGERS By – Krteyu Aahana Manan Kavita Divya Lakshmi Aditya Gaurav Gyanesh Siya