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Tiger Facts
Scientific Name Panthera tigris
8 Sub Species
Bengal, panthera tigris tigris
Sumatran, Panthera tigris sumatrae
South China, Panthera tigris amoyensis
IndoChinease, Panthera tigris corbetti
Siberian, Panthera tigris altaica
Caspian tiger, Panthera tigris virgata
Javan tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica
Bali tiger, Panthera tigris balica
South China Tiger Amoy Tiger( Panthera tigris amoyensis)
Status: Critcally Endangered
Number Remaining: Maybe 20-30 in the Wild. About 40-50 in Zoos, all in China.
Size: 7-8 Feet in Length 230-240 Pounds. 2nd smallest tiger.
Characteristics: Small broad stripes. Spaced far apart.
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Range: In the Wild, thought to exist in three isolated areas in south-central China.
Population in 1950: <4,000
Population Today: >100
Sumatran Tiger, (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
Status: Critically endangered
Number Remaining: 400-500 in the Wild. Few Hundred in Zoo's.
Size: Smallest of the Tigers. 7-8 Feet in Lenght. 200 Pounds.
Characteristics: Stripes are narrower than other tiger species.
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Range: Sumatra
Population in 1950:
Population Today: >500
Bengal Tiger, (Panthera tigris tigris)
*Note: White Tigers are Bengal Tigers.
Status: Endangered
Number Remaining: Highest Population of Remaining tigers.
Size: Large. 10 Feet Long. almost 600 Pounds. Only the Siberian is Larger.
Characteristics: Very Fast for Short Burst.
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Range: India, Nepal and Burma
Population in 1900: 50,000
Population Today:>4,000
IndoChinease Tiger, (Panthera tigris corbetti)
Status: Endangered
Number Remaining:>1,000
Size: 9 Feet. 400 Pounds
Characteristics: smaller, darker, and less boldly striped
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Range: Malaysia
Population in 1950: 3,000
Population Today:>1,000
Siberian Tiger Amur Tiger, (Panthera tigris altaica)
Status: Endangered
Number Remaining: 250-400 In The Wild. Maybe 400-500 In Zoo's.
Size: Largest of the tigers. 10-11 Feet Long . Almost 800 Pounds.
Characteristics: Orange coloring is paler than the coloring of other tigers. Its stripes are brown rather than black, and are widely spaced. It has a white chest and belly, and a thick white ruff of fur around its neck
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Range: Russia.northeastern China and northern North Korea
Population in 1950: Many
Population Today: >700
Caspian Tiger, Turan Tiger, Hirkania Tiger, Iranian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata)
Status: Considered to be Extinct. The last known tiger in Iran killed in 1959
Number Remaining:Considered to be Extinct(Reported sightings but thought to most likely be Persian leopards.).
Size: Large
Characteristics: Colouration resembles that of the Bengal tiger
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Range: Before Extinction; Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Iran, Northern Iraq, Azerbaizhan, Turkmenistan (Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Termez, Kunya-Urgench, Merv), Uzbekistan and the Central Asiatic areas of Russia.
Population in 1950: ?few
Population Today:>None Known
Javan tiger, (Panthera tigris sondaica)
Status:Considered to be Extinct. Reported Sightings. Thought to be Leopards.
Number Remaining:Considered to be Extinct
Size: 8 feet Up to 250 Pounds
Characteristics: Little Known
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Range: Java
Population in 1950: 20-25
Population Today:>None Known
Bali tiger, (Panthera tigris balica)
Status:Considered to be Extinct
Number Remaining:Considered to be Extinct
Size: 6-7 Feet. Smallest of the Tigers
Characteristics: Little Known
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Range: Indonesian Island of Bali
Population in 1950: Thought to be None. Last Known Bali Tiger around 1937.
Population Today: >None Known
