The Bali Tiger

Scientific Name: Panthera tigris balica

Range: Island of Bali

Average Weight: Female: 143 - 176 Pounds

Male: 198 - 221 Pounds

Average Length: Female: 6 Feet 3 Inches - 6 Feet 11 Inches

Male: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 7 Feet 7 Inches

Prey: No Data

Gestation period: No Data

Cubs per litter: No Data

Cub Maturity: No Data

Status: Extinct since the late 1930s or early 1940s

Other Information: 01] Smallest of all 8 tiger subspecies.

The Bengal Tiger

Scientific Name: Panthera tigris tigris

Range: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal

Average Weight: Female: 221 - 353 Pounds

Male: 419 - 569 Pounds

Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 8 Feet 7 Inches

Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 10 Feet 2 Inches

Prey: Antelope, Buffalo, Cattle, Deer, Pigs.

Gestation period: Approximately 103 days

Cubs per litter: From 1-5 with an average of 2-3

Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves

Status: 1998 Approximates 3,176 - 4,556

1997 Approximates 3,000 - 4,700

Other Information:
01] Also known as the Royal Bengal Tiger.
02] Also known as the Indian Tiger.
03] All white tigers are Bengals. All white Bengals in captivity in the USA originated
from one white male bengal captured in India in 1951 and inbred with his offspring. Only
Bengal tigers have the double recessive gene that causes the white coloring. White tigers
are not albino.
04] There are more Bengal tigers than all 4 of the other remaining tiger subspecies added
together.

The Caspian Tiger

Scientific Name: Panthera tigris virgata

Range: Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Mongolia, and the Central Asiatic area of Russia

Average Weight: Female: 187 - 298 Pounds

Male: 374 - 529 Pounds

Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 8 Feet 6 Inches

Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 9 Feet 8 Inches

Status: Extinct since the 1950s

The Indochinese Tiger

Scientific Name: Panthera tigris corbetti

Range: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Average Weight: Female: 221 - 287 Pounds

Male: 330 - 430 Pounds
Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 7 Inches - 8 Feet 8 Inches
Male: 8 Feet 5 Inches - 9 Feet 4 Inches

Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs

Gestation period: Approximately 103 days

Cubs per litter: From 1-5 with an average of 2-3

Cub Maturity:
After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves

Status:
1998 Approximates 1,227 - 1,785
1997 Approximates 1,150 - 1,750

The Javan Tiger

Scientific Name: Panthera tigris sondaica

Range: Island of Java

Average Weight: Female: 165 - 254 Pounds

Male: 221 - 311 Pounds

Average Length: Female: No Data

Male: 8 Feet 1 Inch

Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs

Status:Extinct since the late 1970s or early 1980s

The Siberian Tiger

Scientific Name:Panthera tigris altaica

Range: Mainly eastern Russia; Some in northeastern China and northern North Korea
Average Weight: Female: 221 - 368 Pounds

Male: 419 - 675 Pounds

Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 9 Feet

Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 10 Feet 9 Inches

Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs

Gestation period: Approximately 103 days

Cubs per litter: From 1-5 with an average of 2-3

Cub Maturity:
After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves

Status:
1998 Approximates 360 - 406
1997 Approximates 436 - 505

Other Information

01] Also known as the Amur Tiger.

02] Also known as the Ussuri Tiger.
03] Also known as the Manchurian Tiger.
04] Also known as the Northeast China Tiger.
05] Largest of the tiger subspecies.

The South China Tiger

Scientific Name: Panthera tigris amoyensis

Range: Central and eastern China

Average Weight: Female: 221 - 254 Pounds

Male: 287 - 386 Pounds

Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 7 Feet 11 Inches

Male: 7 Feet 7 Inches - 8 Feet 7 Inches

Prey:Cattle, Deer, Pigs

Gestation period: Approximately 103 days

Cubs per litter: From 1-5 with an average of 2-3

Cub Maturity:
After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves

Status:
1998 Approximates 20 - 30
1997 Approximates 20 - 78

Other Information:
01] Also known as the Amoy Tiger.
02] Also known as the Chinese Tiger.
03] Most endangered of the tiger subspecies.
04] Considered to be the evolutionary ancestor of all tigers.
05] The only zoo's that have this tiger are in China.

The Sumatran Tiger

Scientific Name: Panthera tigris sumatrae

Range: Indonesian Island of Sumatra

Average Weight: Female: 165 - 243 Pounds

Male: 221 - 309 Pounds

Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 1 Inches - 7 Feet 7 Inches

Male: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 8 Feet 8 Inches

Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs

Gestation period: Approximately 103 days

Cubs per litter: From 1-5 with an average of 2-3

Cub Maturity:
After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1.25 - 1.5 Years: can hunt for themselves
Status:1998 Approximates 400 - 500
1997 Approximates 400 - 735