What tigers are there in the world?
There are 9 main species of tigers in the world.
1. Siberian tiger. Also known as the Siberian tiger. It is found in China in Coniferous forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests under 1000 meters above sea level in Heilongjiang and eastern Jilin. It is mainly found in Russia in the Far East.
The body length is 200-350 cm, the weight is 170-384 kg. It is large, with a rounded and short head and stout limbs. The hairs are long and sparse, and the color is lighter and the black lines are narrower. The back of the body is dark and dense. The cheeks are white.
2. South China Tiger. It is distributed in tropical rainforests, evergreen broad-leaved forests, deciduous broad-leaved forests, mountains, islands, etc. in southern China.
Body length 200-250 cm, weight 110-150 kg. There are short and narrow stripes on the body, and diamond-shaped stripes often appear on the side of the body. Closer to the tiger's direct ancestor - the ancient Chinese cat.
3. Balinese Tiger. The smallest tiger. It is found in the tropical rainforests of northern Bali, Indonesia. The body length is about 210 cm and the weight is less than 90 kg. The last Balinese tiger was recorded to have been shot by greedy hunters in the forests of western Bali on September 27, 1937.
4. Indochinese tiger. It is found in the Indochina Peninsula, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and southwest China.
Body length 230-285 cm, weight 100-195 kg. The stripes on the body are narrow and long, and there are large white marks on the abdomen, throat and cheeks.
5. Javanese tiger. It lives on the Indonesian island of Java. It is 210-255 cm long and weighs 95-155 kg. The ears are short, semicircular in shape, and the tail is thick and long, surrounded by black stripes. May have become extinct.
6. Malay Tiger. It is found in the forests of the Malay Peninsula. It is 210-273 m long and weighs 110–130 kg. The ventral surface and the medial sides of the limbs are white , with double rows of black longitudinal stripes on the back.
7. Sumatran Tiger. It is only found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Its habitat ranges from plain forests to high mountains. Body length 200-230 cm, weight 75-150 kg. The hairs on the cheeks are longer.
8. Caspian Tiger. It is found in Iran, Iraq, China, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Russia. It is 200-300 cm long and weighs 85-240 kg and became extinct in 1981.
9. Bengal tiger. Also known as the Indian Tiger. It is distributed in India, Bangladesh, southwest China and other places. It lives mainly in the tropical monsoon climate zones of India and Bangladesh and the mangroves of the Sundarbans Delta, but is also found in rainforests and grasslands in other regions.
The body length is 240-310 cm, the weight is 160-270 kg.