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WWF - Feb 2010 reports that tigers were in crisis all over the world. With an estimated 3,200 left.

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

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