Tiger Sub-species around the World
TIGER SUB-SPECIES Earlier there were Nine subspecies of tiger, but human killing has left only six of them: Siberian (Amur) tigers : Panthera tigris altaica Siberian tigers hold the distinction of being the biggest of the world’s big cats. A typical male Amur tiger may weigh more than 250kg & measure nearly 3Mts from nose to tip of tail. They live along the forests of Amur River, a natural boundary line between Russia & China on the east coast. Amur tiger populations have been severely reduced by poaching, poaching of prey and habitat destruction. Only around 500 individuals exist in the world. Royal Bengal tigers : Panthera tigris tigris The Bengal tiger is most numerous of tigers in the wild today. It lives in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar (Burma) and Nepal, with India home to the biggest population. It mostly inhabits the deciduous forests of central and south India, the Terai-Duar grassland and Sal forests of the Himalayan foothills, and the Temperate forests