Tigers are one of the worlds most iconic endangered animals.
Tigers are iconic due to their beautiful coat. Their stripy orange, black and white coat, makes Tigers instantly recognizable and beautiful when they are seen up close. However, seeing these endangered animals in the wild is something else - they are hard to spot in the wild, due to their coat blending in with their surroundings. Tigers are already solitary animals.
But, what makes them even more elusive is the fact that they blend into their environment so easily, and so effortlessly.
Tigers are majestic due to their personality and appearance.
The appearance of Tigers depends upon what Tiger subspecies there are. There has been a total of nine Tiger subspecies. However, three of these Tiger subspecies are already extinct, and one is already extinct in the wild. These are when these Tigers went extinct:
🐯 Bali Tigers
Bali Tigers were a subspecies of Tigers that lived in Indonesia. Unfortunately, Bali Tigers became extinct in the 1950s.
🐯 Javan Tigers
Javan Tigers were a subspecies of Tiger that lived in Indonesia. Unfortunately, Javan Tigers became extinct in the 1970s.
🐯 Caspian Tigers
Caspian Tigers were a subspecies of Tiger that lived in countries situated near the Caspian Sea. Unfortunately, Caspian Tigers, like Javan Tigers, also became extinct in the 1970s.
🐯 South Chinese Tigers
South Chinese Tigers are a subspecies of Tiger. However, South Chinese Tigers are thought to be extinct in the wild.
Although these Tiger subspecies are extinct, and extinct in the wild, there are still five Tiger subspecies which are alive today.
Of the five Tiger subspecies that exist today, all of them are either endangered animals, or critically endangered animals. Tigers as a whole are currently classed as endangered animals.
Let us now look at the Tiger subspecies that are still with us, and existing in the wild today. These are the five Tiger subspecies which are currently living in the wild today:
🐯Sumatran Tigers
Sumatran Tigers are one the most endangered of the current Tiger Subspecies: Sumatran Tigers are critically endangered, and there are fewer than 400 Sumatran Tigers remaining in the wild today. Their extremely small population, makes Sumatran Tigers very vulnerable to becoming extinct. And within our lifetime.
Sumatran Tigers are found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
🐯 Siberian Tigers
Siberian Tigers are found in Russia and China - they may also be found in North Korea, but due to the secretive nature of North Korea, it's not clear if, or how many Siberian Tigers there are in the country. Siberian Tigers are also known as Amur Tigers.
Siberian Tigers are currently endangered. Their population is very low - there are only 540 of them in the wild - which makes these endangered animals very vulnerable to extinction.
🐯 Malaysian Tigers
Malaysian Tigers were only identified as a unique subspecies of Tiger in 2004, when it was determined that they were a different subspecies to the Indochinese Tiger. It was thought beforehand, that Malaysian Tigers and Indochinese Tigers were both the same subspecies of Tiger. Today, we know that that is not the case.
Malaysian Tigers are unfortunately critically endangered, and very close to extinction. Today, there are only between 250 and 340 Malaysian Tigers left in the wild today.
These endangered animals are found in Malaysia.
🐯 Indochinese Tigers
Indochinese Tigers can be found in six countries in Asia. These countries are: China, Lao, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Although they are found in several Asian countries, Indochinese Tigers are extremely rare. There are only around 350 Indochinese Tigers left in the wild today.
Indochinese Tigers are endangered.
🐯 Bengal Tigers
Out of all the Tiger subspecies, the Bengal Tiger is probably the most famous of all of the Tiger subspecies. And, they are the subspecies of Tiger with the biggest population. However, their population is still precarious. They are mostly found in India. However, there are a few other countries in Asia which has small populations of this cat.
Bengal Tigers are currently endangered. There are thought to be just more than 2,500 Bengal Tigers living in the wild today.