Bengal tiger
The tiger is estimated to have been present in the Indian subcontinent since the Late Pleistocene, for
about 12,000 to 16,500 years.[5][6][7] Today, it is threatened by poaching, loss and fragmentation of
habitat, and was estimated at comprising fewer than 2,500 wild individuals by 2011. None of the Tiger
Conservation Landscapes within its range is considered large enough to support an effective population
of more than 250 adult individuals.[8]
The Bengal tiger's historical range covered the Indus River valley until the early 19th century, almost all
of India, Pakistan, southern Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and southwestern China. Today, it inhabits India,
Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and southwestern China.India's tiger population was estimated at 2,603–
3,346 individuals by 2018. Around 300–500 individuals are estimated in Bangladesh, 355 in Nepal by
2022, and 90 individuals in Bhutan by 2015.
Malayan tiger
The Malayan tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is
native to Peninsular Malaysia. This population inhabits the southern and central parts of the Malay
Peninsula and has been classified as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2015. As of April
2014, the population was estimated at 80 to 120 mature individuals with a continuous declining trend.
In the Malay language, the tiger is called harimau, also abbreviated to rimau.[4] It is also known as the
southern Indochinese tiger, to distinguish it from tiger populations in northern parts of Indochina, which
are genetically different to this population.
Inochinese
The Indochinese tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to Southeast
Asia.This population occurs in Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos. In 2011, the population was thought to
comprise 342 individuals, including 85 in Myanmar and 20 in Vietnam, with the largest population unit
surviving in Thailand estimated at 189 to 252 individuals during 2009 to 2014
Sumatran
The Sumatran tiger is a population of Panthera tigris sondaica on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.It is
the only surviving tiger population in the Sunda Islands, where the Bali and Javan tigers are extinct
sequences from complete mitochondrial genes of 34 tigers support the hypothesis that Sumatran tigers
are diagnostically distinct from mainland subspecies. In 2017, the Cat Classification Task Force of the Cat
Bengal tiger
Specialist Group revised felid taxonomy and recognizes the living and extinct tiger populations in
Indonesia as P. t. sondaica.
Amur
The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris tigris native to the
Russian Far East, Northeast China and possibly North Korea. It once ranged throughout the Korean
Peninsula, but currently inhabits mainly the Sikhote-Alin mountain region in southwest Primorye
Province in the Russian Far East. In 2005, there were 331–393 adult and subadult Siberian tigers in this
region, with a breeding adult population of about 250 individuals. The population had been stable for
more than a decade because of intensive conservation efforts, but partial surveys conducted after 2005
indicate that the Russian tiger population was declining. An initial census held in 2015 indicated that the
Siberian tiger population had increased to 480–540 individuals in the Russian Far East, including 100
cubs. This was followed up by a more detailed census which revealed there was a total population of
562 wild Siberian tigers in Russia. As of 2014, about 35 individuals were estimated to range in the
international border area between Russia and China.
