I love tigers. They are
becoming endangered
and some are even extinct.
There are 8 types of tigers.
They are called Felidae.
They are meateating mammals
known as
carnivora.
The Caspian Tiger - Panthera
tigtis virgata became
extinct in the 1950's.
The Javan Tiger -Panthera
tigris sondaica became
extinct in 1972.
The Bali Tiger -Panthera tigris
balica became
extinct in 1937.
The Siberian Tiger - Panthera
tigris altaica only have
360-400 in the wild. There
are about 490 in zoos.
The Bengal Tiger - Panthera
tigris tigris have
approximately 3-4,000 in the
wild. Only 333
are in zoos. White Bengal
tigers are
a color variation and rarely
found
in the wild.
The Indochinese Tiger -Panthera
tigris corbetti
have an estimated population
of
1200 - 1700 in the wild.
60 live in zoos.
The Sumatra Tiger - Panthera
tigris sumatrae have 400-500
in the wild. There are
210 in zoos around
the world.
The South China Tiger - Panthera
tigris amoyensis
is the most endangered of the
tiger. It is estimated
that only 20-30 exist in the
wild!
There are 47 in China Zoos.
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intense. It has
lots of pictures and information.
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the Camp LOL link I have
added the next campers page
on both just in
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page.
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This just in thought this was interesting
"A new survey has found as few as 15 Siberian tigers are left in the wild in China, state newspapers said Tuesday.
The number was dramatically lower than earlier estimates that as many as 100 of the endangered cats lived in the wild.
News reports blamed a deteriorating environment, but tigers also are hunted illegally by Chinese for bones and body parts used in traditional
medicines.
The survey was done by Chinese, Russian and U.S. researchers from Jan. 16 to late March in the main Siberian tiger habitats in the
northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin, the China Daily newspaper said.
It indicated there were about 10 tigers in Jilin, with five to eight in Heilongjiang, Chinese researcher Guan Guosheng was quoted as saying.
About 100 more Siberian tigers live in Chinese zoos and animal parks, which are trying to breed them to increase the population.
The tigers also live in Russia, where there are believed to be about 380 in the wild, the Shanghai News newspaper said.
A related species, the South China Tiger, is believed to be extinct in the wild and survives only in zoos."
Links to Awesome Tiger sites
Tigers in Crisis
MNZOO
WCS
U Idaho
Dialspace
CP Tigers
Riverglen
Cathouse
Tigerhaven