Eight subspecies of tiger have been identified, though 3 of those subspecies have been extinct since the 1950s. The extinct subspecies include the Caspian, Javan, and Bali tigers. The five subspecies alive today are all endangered. These include the Siberian, Bengal, Indochinese, South China, and Sumatran tigers. At one time, the tigers could be found as far west as eastern Turkey. Now tigers are confined to isolated areas of eastern and southern Asia.
Tigers hunt primarily by night, feeding on deer, cattle, wild pigs and occasionally monkeys, birds, reptiles, fish and carrion. The have also been known to attack young rhinoceroses and elephants.
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References
- Burnie D, Wilson DE. 2001. Animal. London: Dorling Kindersley. 624 p.
- Dacres K, Lundrigan B. 2007. Panthera tigris. Animal Diversity Web. November 26, 2008.


