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Bengal (Indian) Tiger




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References
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Tigers: Status and Distribution of Extant Tiger Sub-species.
Throughout their range, tiger populations vary in numbers but are all
considered endangered. Three sub-species - the Amur, Sumatran and
South China - are regarded as critically endangered, and the other two
are classified as endangered (Table 1). Today, it is estimated that the
world's tiger population numbers around 5,000 - a reduction of some 95
per cent in just eight cycles of the Year of the Tiger.
The following accounts document the current status and population
trends of tigers throughout their range.
Table 1. The status of Tiger Panthera tigris (Linnaeus 1758).
Tiger Sub-species | Minimum | Maximum |
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Bengal (Indian) tiger P.t. tigris (Linnaeus 1758) | 3060 | 3985 - 4735 |
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Bangladesh | 300 | 460 |
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Bhutan | 80 | 240 |
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China | 30 | 35 |
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India | 2,500 | 3,000 - 3,750* |
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Nepal | 150 | 250 |
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Caspian (Hyrcanian/Turan) tiger P.t. virgata (Illiger 1815)
Formerly Afghanistan, Iran, Chinese and Russian Turkestan, Turkey
| Extinct 1970s | - |
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Amur (Siberian/Ussuri/North-East China/Manchurian) tiger
P.t. altaica (Temminck 1844) | 437 | 506 |
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China | 12 | 20 |
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Korea (North) | <10 | <10 |
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Russia | 415 | 476 |
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Javan tiger P.t. sondaica (Temminck 1844) | Extinct 1980s | - |
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South China (Amoy) tiger P.t. amoyensis (Hilzheimer 1905)China | <20 | <30 |
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Bali tiger P.t. balica (Schwarz 1912) | Extinct 1940s | - |
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Sumatran tiger P.t. sumatrae (Pocock 1929) | 400 | 500 |
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Indo-Chinese tiger P.t. corbetti (Mazak 1968) | 1,180 | 1,790 |
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Cambodia | 100 | 200 |
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China | 30 | 40 |
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Laos | present |
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Malaysia | 600 | 650 |
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Burma (Myanmar) | present |
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Thailand | 250 | 600 |
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Vietnam | 200 | 300 |
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Totals | 5,097 | 6,811 - 7561 |
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Rounded totals | 5,000 | 6,800 - 7,500 |
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Note: Both Bengal and Indo-Chinese tigers are found in Burma. The
Bengal is found west of the Irrawaddy and the Indo-Chinese to the east.
The table is a revision of a June 1997 table compiled by Peter Jackson,
chairman of the Cat Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission,
IUCN, from reports by specialists in tiger range countries. * The last
official survey in 1993 gave the official figure as 3,750 but recent
unofficial estimates put it nearer 3,000 or below ???12. Most estimates
are educated guesses and lack accuracy. However, detailed census
work has been carried out recently in Nepal and the Russian Far East to
produce more reliable statistics. These will serve as baseline data for
those areas.
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