Conservation Of The Tiger (Panthera Tigris)
The Tigers are the largest member of the feline (cat) family. There is 8 acknowledged subspecies of Panthera Tigris. The Siberian tiger (Panthera Tigris Altaica), also known as the Amur tiger are a uncommon subspecies of tiger. The largest of the great cats, Panthera Tigris (family Felidae, order Carnivora), at one time found in much of central and South Asia, from Siberia south to Sumatra, but approaching extinction (5,000 in 1997) because of hunting and the high prices paid for the hide, in addition to the devastation of its natural habitat.
Bengal
Bengal tigers are unbelievably strong and are capable of dragging their quarry, even though it may be heavier than itself, about half a mile. Bengal tigers have the longest canine teeth of any living felid, approximately 4 inches (100 mm) in large individuals. Bengal tiger: less than 2,000 Indochinese tiger:
. Bengal tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris) the Bengal Tiger or the Royal Bengal Tiger is largely found in the Sundarbans, a national forest of Bangladesh and of West Bengal, India. The Historic tiger range ran from Turkey through South and Southeast Asia to the far eastern shores of the continent.
Tiger Population
Populations continue comparatively stable in north-eastern China, Korea, Russia, and parts of India and the Himalayan region. Population Trend: Habitat and Ecology Habitat and Ecology: The tiger is found in a assortment of habitats: from the tropical evergreen and deciduous forests of southern Asia to the evergreen, scrub oak, and birch tree woodlands of Siberia. Population genetic structure would evoke recognition of 6 taxonomic units or subspecies: Amur tiger P. Population In the early 1900s, there were around 100,000 tigers throughout their range. Range Tigers were once known throughout central and southern Asia and as far west as eastern Turkey but currently survive only in scattered populations from India to Southeast Asia, and in Sumatra, China and the Russian Far East (3). Habitat loss has happened through much of the Panthera tigris range and also endangers survival; because land is becoming rapidly developed to meet the growing demand of the Asiatic population explosion , tiger populations have become isolated in the left over fragments of wilderness and ultimately die out (2). India has the greatest number of tigers but even the Bengal tiger population is estimated at no more than 1,000 to 1,500 individuals and is rapidly dropping. The Indian government established Project Tiger in 1973 (7) with the aim of conserving the tiger population.
These are the surviving subspecies, in descending order of wild population:
The Bengal tiger or the Royal Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) — the wild population is less than 2000
Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) — the wild population varies between 1,200 to 1,800
The Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) — the wild population is 600-800
The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatran) — the wild population is 400-500
The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) — the wild population is 450-500
The South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) — 59 known in captivity thought to extinct in wild
The Balinese tiger (Panthera tigris balica) — extinct
The Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) — extinct
The Caspian tiger or Persian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) — extinct
The Trinil tiger (Panthera tigris trinilensis) — extinct
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Conservation Of The Tiger (Panthera Tigris)
