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Types of Tigers
· Bengal Tiger (panthera Tigris Tigris) - India, Bangladesh
o Males weigh (369 to 569 lbs)
o Female weigh about 141 kg (220 to 352 lbs)
o Males length 8 ft 11 in to 10 ft 2 inc
o Females length 7 ft 10 in to 8 ft 9 in
o Endangered
o Estimates in 1995 approximately 4,700 Bengal Tigers living in the wild
o There are about 300 living in captivity - zoo's in Asia
· Indo-Chinese Tiger (panthera Tigris corbetti) - Vietnam, Thailand, China, Cambodia
o Males weigh 150 to 190 kg ( 330 to 420 lbs)
o Females weigh 110 to 140 kg ( 240 to 310 lbs)
o Males length head to tail 8 ft 5 in to 9 ft 4 inc
o Female Length head to tail 7 ft 7 in to 8 ft 4 in
o Endangered
o Estimated to be less than 1,500 living in the wild
o About 60 live in zoo in Asia and United States
· Malayan Tiger (panthera Tigris jacksoni) - Malayan Peninsula
o Males weigh 120 kg
o Females weigh 100 kg
· Sumatran Tiger (panthera Tigris sumatrae) - Island of Sumatra
o Males weigh 110 to 140 kg (220 to 310 lbs)
o Females weigh 75 to 110 kg (170 to 240 lbs)
o Male Length head to tail 204 cm ( 6 ft 8 in)
o Female Length head to tail 198 cm ( 6 ft 6 in)
o Smallest of the tiger subspecies
o Critically endangered Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
o Estimated to be less than 500 living in the wild
o Has webbing between its toes
o Sumatran Tigers are fast swimmers
o Stripes are narrow, more a bearded and manned appearance on males
o Known to drive hoofed prey into the water
· Siberian Tiger also known as Amur, Manchurian, Altaic, Korean or North China tiger (panthera Tigris altaica)- Siberian in Russia
o Males weigh 227 + kg ( 419 to 675 lbs) record weight 384 kg
o Female weigh (221 to 368 lbs)
o Male body length 190 to 230 plus cm plus tail of about 60 to 110 cm long
o Female body length 160 to 180 cm plus tail of about 60 to 110 cm long
o Largest of the tigers
o Critically endangered World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
o Estimates in 1995 was about 200 in the wild
· South China Tiger (panthera Tigris amoyensis) - China
o Males weigh 127 to 177 kg (280 to 390 lbs)
o Female weigh 110 to 118 kg (220 to 260 lbs)
o Males length head to tail averages 8 ft 3 in
o Rarest of the world's remaining subspecies of tigers
o Critically endangered World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
o South China Declared extinct in the wild
Extinct
· Bali Tiger (panthera Tigris ssp. balica) - Island of Bali
o Males weigh 90 to 100 kgs
o Females weight 65 to 80 kgs
· Javan Tiger (panthera Tigris ssp. sondaica) - Indonesian Island of Java
o Males weigh 110 to 141 kgs
o Females weight 75 to 115 kg
· Hyrcanian Tiger (panthera Tigris ssp. virgata)
· Caspian Tiger also known as Persian Tiger, Turanian Tiger (panther Tigris virgata) - Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Tajikistann, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Depends on the subspecies. There are six subspecies, all vary in weight.
Siberian male-490-550 pounds.
Bengal male-430-500 pounds
Indo Chinese male-400-430 pounds
South China male-300-350 pounds
Sumatran male-290-320 pounds
Malayan male-280-310 pounds
These are average weights. Some tigers are very much larger than these weights.
Both Siberian and Bengal males can reach 600 pounds or more, and there is a record of a 540 pound Indo Chinese male tiger.
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This largest living felid, also known as the Siberian Tiger, can weigh as much as 710 pounds (320 kilograms).
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The Siberian tiger is also called the Amur Tiger. The Amur tigers are the largest of the tiger subspecies in the world. They can be upto 11 feet or more in length and weigh upto 300 kilograms. Females are much smaller and weigh much lesser than males.
Females weigh around 325-400 pounds at adulthood.