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Bengal

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: 1-5
Average: 2-3
Cub Maturity:
After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1
1/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves
Status:
1998 Approximates 3,176 - 4,556
1997 Approximates 3,000 - 4,700
Other Information:
1) Also known as the Royal Bengal Tiger.
2) Also known as the Indian Tiger.
3) 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.
4) There are more Bengal tigers than all 4 of the other remaining tiger subspecies added together

Indochinese

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: 1-5
Average: 2-3
Cub Maturity:
After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1
1/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves
Status:
1998 Approximates 1,227 - 1,785
1997 Approximates 1,150 - 1,750

Siberian

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: 1-5
Average: 2-3
Cub Maturity:
After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1
1/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves
Status:
1998 Approximates 360 - 406
1997 Approximates 436 - 505
Other Information:
1) Also known as the Amur Tiger.
2) Also known as the Ussuri Tiger.
3) Also known as the Manchurian Tiger.
4) Also known as the Northeast China Tiger.
5) Largest of the tiger subspecies.

South China

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: 1-5
Average: 2-3
Cub Maturity:
After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1
1/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves
Status:
1998 Approximates 20 - 30
1997 Approximates 20 - 78
Other Information:
1) Also known as the Amoy Tiger.
2) Also known as the Chinese Tiger.
3) Most endangered of the tiger subspecies.
4) Considered to be the evolutionary ancestor of all tigers.
5) The only zoo's that have this tiger are in China.

Sumatran

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: 1-5
Average: 2-3
Cub Maturity:
After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting
Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill
1
1/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves
Status:
1998 Approximates 400 - 500
1997 Approximates 400 - 735

 


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