Amur (Siberian) Tigers
Bengal Tigers
White Tigers
Indochinese Tigers
South China Tigers
Samatran Tigers
Extinct subspecies: Bali, Javan, Caspian
"The tiger is found in a variety of habitats: from the tropical evergreen and deciduous forests of southern Asia to the coniferous, scrub oak, and birch woodlands of Siberia. It also thrives in the mangrove swamps of the Sunderbans, and dry thorn forests of northwestern India, and the tall grass jungles at the foot of Himalayas. Tigers are found in the Himalayan valleys, and tracks have been recorded in winter snow at 3,000 meters (Prater 1971)...The tiger's habitat requirements can be summarized as: some form of dense vegetative cover, sufficient large ungulate prey (Sunquist and Sunquist 1989), and access to water."*
Panthera tigris altaica
• It is estimated that 360–406 still exist in the wild. About 490 captive Amur tigers are managed in zoo conservation programs.
• The Amur or Siberian tiger lives primarily in the coniferous, scrub oak, and birch woodlands of eastern Russia, with a few tigers found in northeastern China and northern North Korea.
• Amur tigers are the largest of the tiger subspecies. Males can grow up to 3.3 meters (10' 9") long and weigh up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds). Females are smaller, measuring about 2.6 meters (8 1/2 feet) from head to tail, and weighing about 100 to 167 kilograms (200 to 370 pounds).
• The primary prey of the Amur tiger is elk and wild boar ( Ecology and Conservation of the Siberian Tiger, 1998).
• In the Russian Far East these prey species are unevenly distributed and move seasonally. As a result, the territory size of Amur tigers is quite large, ranging from 100-400 km2 (39–154 mile2) for females to 800–1,000 km2 (309–390 mile2) for males (Nowell and Jackson, 1996 ).
Panthera tigris amoyensis
• It is estimated that at most only 20-30 South China tigers still exist in the wild. Currently 47 South China tigers live in 18 zoos, all in China. The South China tiger is the most critically endangered of all tiger subspecies.
• The South China tiger is found in central and eastern China.
• The South China tiger is one of the smallest tiger subspecies. Male tigers measure about 2.5 meters (8 feet) from head to tail and weigh approximately 150 kilograms (330 pounds). Female tigers are smaller, measuring about 2.3 meters (7 1/2 feet) long. They weigh approximately 110 kilograms (240 pounds). The short, broad stripes of the South China tiger are spaced far apart compared to those of Bengal and Siberian tigers.
Panthera tigris corbetti
• An estimated 1,227–1,785 Indochinese tigers are left in the wild, and about 60 live in zoos in Asia and the U.S.A.
• The distribution of the Indochinese tiger is centered in Thailand. Indochinese tigers are also found in Myanmar, southern China, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and peninsular Malaysia.Within this range, tigers live in remote forests in hilly to mountainous terrain, much of which lies along the borders between countries. Access to these areas is often restricted, and biologists have only recently been granted limited permits for field surveys. As a result, relatively little is know about the status of these tigers in the wild.
• The Indochinese tiger eats wild pig, wild deer and wild cattle.
• The specific range size of this tiger is not know, however the population density is thought to be approximately 4 to 5 adult tigers/100 km2 (39 mile2) in optimal habitat.
