The Bali Tiger |
Scientific Name: |
Panthera tigris balica |
Range: |
Island of Bali |
Average Weight:
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Female: 143 - 176 Pounds
Male: 198 - 221 Pounds |
Average Length:
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Female: 6 Feet 3 Inches - 6 Feet 11 Inches
Male: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 7 Feet 7 Inches |
Prey: |
No Data |
Gestation period: |
No Data |
Cubs per litter: |
No Data |
Cub Maturity: |
No Data |
Status: |
Extinct since the late 1930s or early 1940s |
Other Information: |
01] Smallest of all 8 tiger subspecies. |
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The Bengal Tiger |
Scientific Name: |
Panthera tigris tigris |
Range: |
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal |
Average Weight:
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Female: 221 - 353 Pounds
Male: 419 - 569 Pounds |
Average Length:
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Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 8 Feet 7 Inches
Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 10 Feet 2 Inches |
Prey: |
Antelope, Buffalo, Cattle, Deer, Pigs. |
Gestation period: |
Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: |
From 1-5 with an average of 2-3 |
Cub Maturity:
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After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status:
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1998 Approximates 3,176 - 4,556
1997 Approximates 3,000 - 4,700 |
Other Information:
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01] Also known as the Royal Bengal Tiger.
02] Also known as the Indian Tiger.
03] All white tigers are Bengals. All white Bengals in captivity in the USA originated from one white male bengal captured in India in 1951 and inbred with his offspring. Only Bengal tigers have the double recessive gene that causes the white coloring. White tigers are not albino.
04] There are more Bengal tigers than all 4 of the other remaining tiger subspecies added together. |
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The Caspian Tiger |
Scientific Name: |
Panthera tigris virgata |
Range: |
Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Mongolia, and the Central Asiatic area of Russia |
Average Weight:
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Female: 187 - 298 Pounds
Male: 374 - 529 Pounds |
Average Length:
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Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 8 Feet 6 Inches
Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 9 Feet 8 Inches |
Prey: |
No Data |
Gestation period: |
No Data |
Cubs per litter: |
No Data |
Cub Maturity: |
No Data |
Status: |
Extinct since the 1950s |
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The Indochinese Tiger |
Scientific Name: |
Panthera tigris corbetti |
Range: |
Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam |
Average Weight:
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Female: 221 - 287 Pounds
Male: 330 - 430 Pounds |
Average Length:
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Female: 7 Feet 7 Inches - 8 Feet 8 Inches
Male: 8 Feet 5 Inches - 9 Feet 4 Inches |
Prey: |
Cattle, Deer, Pigs |
Gestation period: |
Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: |
From 1-5 with an average of 2-3 |
Cub Maturity:
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After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status:
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1998 Approximates 1,227 - 1,785
1997 Approximates 1,150 - 1,750 |
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The Javan Tiger |
Scientific Name: |
Panthera tigris sondaica |
Range: |
Island of Java |
Average Weight:
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Female: 165 - 254 Pounds
Male: 221 - 311 Pounds |
Average Length:
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Female: No Data
Male: 8 Feet 1 Inch |
Prey: |
Cattle, Deer, Pigs |
Gestation period: |
No Data |
Cubs per litter: |
No Data |
Cub Maturity: |
No Data |
Status: |
Extinct since the late 1970s or early 1980s |
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The Siberian Tiger |
Scientific Name: |
Panthera tigris altaica |
Range: |
Mainly eastern Russia; Some in northeastern China and northern North Korea |
Average Weight:
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Female: 221 - 368 Pounds
Male: 419 - 675 Pounds |
Average Length:
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Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 9 Feet
Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 10 Feet 9 Inches |
Prey: |
Cattle, Deer, Pigs |
Gestation period: |
Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: |
From 1-5 with an average of 2-3 |
Cub Maturity:
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After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status:
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1998 Approximates 360 - 406
1997 Approximates 436 - 505 |
Other Information:
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01] Also known as the Amur Tiger.
02] Also known as the Ussuri Tiger.
03] Also known as the Manchurian Tiger.
04] Also known as the Northeast China Tiger.
05] Largest of the tiger subspecies. |
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The South China Tiger |
Scientific Name: |
Panthera tigris amoyensis |
Range: |
Central and eastern China |
Average Weight:
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Female: 221 - 254 Pounds
Male: 287 - 386 Pounds |
Average Length:
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Female: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 7 Feet 11 Inches
Male: 7 Feet 7 Inches - 8 Feet 7 Inches |
Prey: |
Cattle, Deer, Pigs |
Gestation period: |
Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: |
From 1-5 with an average of 2-3 |
Cub Maturity:
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After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status:
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1998 Approximates 20 - 30
1997 Approximates 20 - 78 |
Other Information:
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01] Also known as the Amoy Tiger.
02] Also known as the Chinese Tiger.
03] Most endangered of the tiger subspecies.
04] Considered to be the evolutionary ancestor of all tigers.
05] The only zoo's that have this tiger are in China. |
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The Sumatran Tiger |
Scientific Name: |
Panthera tigris sumatrae |
Range: |
Indonesian Island of Sumatra |
Average Weight:
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Female: 165 - 243 Pounds
Male: 221 - 309 Pounds |
Average Length:
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Female: 7 Feet 1 Inches - 7 Feet 7 Inches
Male: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 8 Feet 8 Inches |
Prey: |
Cattle, Deer, Pigs |
Gestation period: |
Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: |
From 1-5 with an average of 2-3 |
Cub Maturity:
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After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status:
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1998 Approximates 400 - 500
1997 Approximates 400 - 735 |
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CREDITS:
The International Tiger Information Center - Best source of tiger information on the internet.
Title: "Panthera tigris"
Author: Vratislav Mazák
Mammalian Species Number 152, pp. 1-8.
Published: 08 May 1981
by: The American Society of Mammaolgists
Title: "Tiger!"
Author: Bob Hoskins
Published: February, 1995
by: St Martins Pr (Trade)
Mark "Tigger" Rodgers (1969-1998)
Wildlife Fact File™
Smithsonian FAQs: Selected Reference on Tigers
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