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- The Sumatran tiger is found solely on the Island of Sumatra in Indonesia in
- habitat that ranges from lowland forest to mountain forest. Only about 400-
- 500 tigers exist in the wild and the population is in an extremely vulnerable
- and precarious state.
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- Sumatran tigers are the biggest cats in the world, averaging 8 feet in length
- from head to tail and weigh up to 264 pounds. Females are slightly smaller and
- lighter. Being carnivores, the tiger lives on a diet of wild pig, and small
- deer and can eat as much as 40 pounds of meat in one sitting.
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- Tigers give birth to a litter of 2 to 3 cubs although litter sizes can be as
- large as five. One usually dies at birth. The cubs are born blind and weigh
- 2 to 3 pounds. They live off their mother's milk for 6-8 weeks and begin
- making their own kills at 18 months of age.
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- The animals are extremely territorial and solitary except for mothers with cubs.
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