Sumatran tiger
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The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is the smallest living tiger subspecies.[1] Only the extinct Bali tiger was smaller. It is listed as critically endangered. They are in danger due to hunting and the destruction of their habitat. It is estimated that there are only about 400-700 Sumatran tigers left in the wild.[2]
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Sumatran tiger | |
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At the Tierpark Berlin | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. t. sondaica |
Trinomial name | |
Panthera tigris sondaica (Temminck, 1844) | |
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Synonyms | |
formerly P. t. sumatrae Pocock, 1929 |
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The Sumatran tiger lives only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It can be found in low and highland areas, mountainous jungles, and peat swamp forests.[3]