Poaching, hunting, and habitat loss. Three races have gone extinct,Caspian, Javan, and Bali.
The Bali tiger, smallest of all tiger subspecies, has been extinct for decades.
It is South China tiger. They are a nearly extinct tiger subspecies.
All tiger subspecies are endangered. Some are critical, like the Chinese tiger, who may already be extinct in the wild.
No. This smallest of tiger subspecies has been extinct for several decades.
350 individualsThere are nine subspecies of tigers, three of which are extinct. The subspecies are Bengal tigers, indochinese tigers, Malayan tiger, Sumatran tiger, Siberian tiger, and the south china tiger.
Bengal tiger
All six subspecies of tiger are endangered, but the most critically so is the South China tiger. This subspecies may already be extinct in the wild. Zoo born members of this subspecies are being taught to hunt, for release into their former haunts.
The subspecies that are generally accepted as extinct by the scientific community, are the Javan Tiger, the Caspian Tiger, the Balinese Tiger. It needs to be understood that proving a negative is very difficult, and proving that "something does not exist" is even harder. Just ask an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, once considered extinct, they have since been rediscovered. For more details, please see sites listed below.
Other tiger subspecies, of which five others are living today. However, the extinct Caspian tiger, recent evidence shows, was very closely related to the Siberian, and may have been an extant race of that subspecies.
Bengal, Sumatran, Siberian, Indo Chinese, Malayan, South China*. * This subspecies may be extinct in the wild, but efforts are underway to "rewild" captive born cubs, for release into their former haunts.
The existing subspecies are; Siberian, Bengal, Sumatran, Malayan, Indo Chinese, South China. The South China subspecies may be also extinct in the wild.
Bengal tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris)Indochinese tiger (Panthera Tigris corbetti)Chinese tiger (Panthera Tigris amoyensis)Siberian tiger (Panthera Tigris altaica)Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris sumatrae)Malayan tiger (Panthera Tigris malayensis)Caspian Tiger (Extinct)Javan Tiger (Extinct)Balinese Tiger (Extinct)