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The most endangered tigers in the world

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6. Malaysian tiger

With only 250 to 340 surviving individuals, the Malaysian tiger ( Panthera tigris jacksoni), the national animal of Malaysia, has been classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). These tigers are found in the forests of the Malaysian peninsula and are smaller than Indian tigers and feed on a variety of deer, wild boar, elephant calves and rhinoceros and bears. Sun. The loss of habitat and the indiscriminate poaching of these tigers for their body parts in order to prepare traditional Chinese medicines and for decorative purposes has led to a constant and rapid decline in the number of tigers. A group of non-governmental organizations, including the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Traffic Southeast Asia, the Malaysian Nature Society and others have formed an alliance with

5. Indochinese tiger

Indochinese tiger ( Panthera tigris corbetti) is an endangered tiger subspecies that occupies habitat in the Indochina region of Southeast Asia. Although tigers had a widespread distribution only a century ago, there are only 600 to 650 left today. They have already disappeared in China, Cambodia and Laos. Only 20 individuals remain in Vietnam, 85 in Myanmar and a few hundred in Thailand. These tigers are solitary in nature and their elusive nature makes detailed study of their behavior difficult. They feed on medium and large wild ungulates in the forest. Like the Malaysian tigers,

4. Bengal tiger

The Royal Bengal Tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris) is the only subspecies of tigers with significant population recovery from 1.706 in 2010 to 2.226 in 2014. This tiger is considered the national animal of India and Bangladesh. In India, the tiger is widely distributed from the forests of the Himalayan foothills in the north of the country to the landscapes of the Western Ghats in the south of the country, including the floodplain forests of the Ganga and Bhramaputra river systems, the mangrove of the Sundarbans. the forests of West Bengal, the landscape of the Eastern Ghats and the forests of the highlands of Central India. Small populations are also found in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Habitat destruction and poaching are the main threats to the survival of these tigers.

3. Love Tiger

Amur tigers or Siberian tigers ( Panthera tigris altaica) from the Russian Far East occupy a habitat in two major sites of the country, in the mountains of Sikhote Alin and in the province of Primorye. According to the most recent census, the Amur tigers also showed a slight recovery in number from 331-393 in 2005 to 480-540 in 2015. Siberian tigers are well adapted to tolerate the freezing winters of Siberia and are known to cover distances of up to 1,000 kilometers. These tigers feed on a variety of species such as musk deer, deer, moose, pork, black and brown bear and even little hare and fish. At the beginning of the 12th century,

2. Sumatran Tiger

The clearing of native forests for palm oil plantations and poaching in search of body parts are the two main factors that cause rapid decline of the Sumatran tiger ( Panthera tigris sumatrae ) populations. These tigers are found exclusively on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia and it is believed that only individuals from 441 to 679 of this subspecies survive today. Wild pigs, pheasants, porcupines and Sambar deer are prey species for these tigers.

1. South China tiger

Although the South China tiger ( Panthera tigris amoyensis ) is classified as critically endangered by the IUCN; it is considered to be extinct in the wild, since observations of these tigers have been observed in the wild for almost X years. Tigers were once widespread in the forests of southern China, but habitat degradation and fragmentation and high rates of poaching have led to a rapid decline in tiger populations in the country. Today, a small number of South China tigers are found in Chinese zoos and captive breeding facilities in other parts of the world. Plans for ” rewilding“These tigers bred in captivity by introducing them to protected reserves in China are also formulated by environmentalists.

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