Tigers are the largest cat species in the world; while they used to live throughout much of Asia, they have lost over 93% of their historic range. Their current range is extremely fragmented, covering parts of India, China, Southeast Asia, and Siberia; there are only an estimated 3,062 to 3,948 individuals left in the wild. Four of the six extant subspecies of tigers are listed as Endangered, one subspecies is Critically Endangered, and one subspecies (the South China tiger) is actually Extinct in the Wild.
Photo Credit: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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