Bengal Tiger
The Bengal tiger inhabits the Indian subcontinent, and it is known to live both in semi-desertic areas and the grasslands where it is wet and cool typical of the region.
The Bengal tiger inhabits the Indian subcontinent, and it is known to live both in semi-desertic areas and the grasslands where it is wet and cool typical of the region.
The Siberian tiger is the largest of all subspecies but this only happened in captivity. As its name implies, it inhabits the region of Siberia in Russia.
The Malayan tiger inhabits only the peninsula with such name. A few years ago it was considered part of the Indochinese tiger, but based on genetic analyses it was split into a different species.
The Indochinese or Corbett tiger that once populated much of Asia, today lives thanks to conservation efforts. It dwells in areas of Vietnam, Thailand, China, and Cambodia.
Interesting facts about the tigers, the biggest cats in the world, with distribution by Asia and a threatened state of conservation.
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Three tiger subspecies disappeared in the 20th century. The last Balinese Tiger died in 1937 and until that time the subspecies lived on the Island of Bali. In the 1950’s the Caspian Tiger became extinct.
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