Tiger



Scientific Name: Panthera tigris

Common Name(s): Tigre (French)

Status: Endangered

Estimated Population: 3,402-4,000

Population Trend: Decreasing

Threats:                         Habitat loss,
                                     deforestation and logging; poaching, fur, trophy, for Traditional Chinese
                                     Medicine; farmers, for livestock losses, retaliatory, false persecution; human
                                     enroachment; inbreeding; natural disasters; disease; prey base depletion.

Range:                           Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Tibet, Yunnan);                                      India; Indonesia (Sumatera); Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia                                      (Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar; Nepal; Russian Federation; Thailand;                                      Vietnam.

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