Status of the Tiger in May 1998
Tiger Sub-species |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Source |
| AMUR (SIBERIAN/USSURI/NORTH-EAST CHINA/MANCHURIAN) TIGER P.t. altaica (Temminck 1844) |
360 |
406 |
|
| China | 30 |
35 |
3 |
| Korea (North) | <10 |
<10 |
7 |
| Russia | 330(adults) |
371 (adults) |
8 |
| BALI TIGER P.t. balica (Schwarz 1912) |
EXTINCT |
- |
|
| BENGAL (INDIAN) TIGER P.t. tigris (Linnaeus 1758) |
3,176 |
4,556 |
|
| Bangladesh | 362 |
362 |
1 |
| Bhutan | 67 (adults) |
81 (adults) |
2a,b |
| China | 30 |
35 |
3 |
| India | 2,500 |
3,750 |
4a,b |
| Myanmar | 124 |
231 |
5 |
| Nepal | 93 (adults) |
97 (adults) |
6 |
| CASPIAN (HYRCANIAN/TURAN) TIGER P.t. virgata (Illiger 1815) Formerly Afghanistan Iran Chinese and Russian Turkestan Turkey |
EXTINCT |
- |
|
| INDO-CHINESE TIGER P.t. corbetti (Mazak 1968) |
1,227 |
1,785 |
|
| Cambodia | 150 |
300 |
10 |
| China | 30 |
40 |
3 |
| Laos | Present |
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| Malaysia | 491 |
510 |
11 |
| Myanmar | 106 |
234 |
5 |
| Thailand | 250 |
501 |
12a,b |
| Vietnam | 200 |
200 |
13 |
| JAVAN TIGER P.t. sondaica (Temminck 1844) |
EXTINCT |
- |
|
| SOUTH CHINA (AMOY) TIGER P.t. amoyensis (Hilzheimer 1905); China |
20 |
30 |
3 |
| SUMATRAN TIGER P.t. sumatrae (Pocock 1929) |
400 |
500 |
9 |
| TOTALS | 5,183 |
7,227 |
|
ROUNDED TOTALS |
5,000 |
7,500 |
Note: Figures for Bhutan, Nepal and Russia are for adult tigers counted. Tiger specialisits consider such figures more realistic because many cubs are unlikely to survive to maturity
Size Variation in Tiger Subspecies
(US Customary Measurement System)
Living Tiger Subspecies
Subspecies |
Total Length (inches) |
Weight (lbs) |
Greatest length of |
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| male | female | male | female | male | female | |
| Bengal | 106-122 | 95-104 | 419-569 | 221-353 | 13-15 | 11-12 |
| Indochinese | 101-112 | 91-100 | 330-430 | 221-287 | 13-14 | 11-12 |
| Siberian | 106-130 | 95-108 | 419-675 | 221-368 | 13-15 | 11-13 |
| South China | 91-104 | 87-95 | 287-386 | 221-254 | 13-14 | 11-12 |
| Sumatran | 87-100 | 85-91 | 221-309 | 165-243 | 12-13 | 10-12 |
Extinct Tiger Subspecies
Subspecies |
Total Length (inches) |
Weight (lbs) |
Greatest length of |
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| male | female | male | female | male | female | |
| Bali | 87-91 | 75-83 | 198-221 | 143-176 | 12 | 10-11 |
| Caspian | 106-116 | 95-102 | 374-529 | 187-298 | 13-15 | 11-12 |
| Javan | 98 | 221-311 | 165-254 | 12-14 | 11-12 | |
Note: This table is taken from the article "Panthera tigris" by Vratislav Mazák, found in Mammalian Species. No. 152, pp. 1-8. Published 8 May 1981 by The American Society of Mammalogists