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Threatened species of Panthera tigris sumatrae

Name(s):

Threatened species of Sumatran tiger

Nature

Habitat degradation and fragmentation is the greatest threat to the Sumatran tiger. It is also persecuted close to human populations and is valued and poached for its coat, by the wildlife trade and for traditional medicinal properties.

Background

Smaller than the Bengal tiger; stripes are closer together; cheek hair is long and the neck hair is short.

Incidence

The Sumatran tiger is the last species of tiger remaining in Indonesia. In 1978 a survey in Sumatra estimated the number of tigers to be about 1,000. Since then, Sumatra has undergone much agricultural development, and pristine tiger habitat has declined. Subsequent surveys of Sumatran tigers (1985, 1987) put the number "not in the thousands but in the hundreds." Only 400-500 individuals are left.

[Panthera tigris sumatrae] is considered as "Critically Endangered" by the IUCN Red List. CITES lists the species as "Appendix 1".

Broader

Threatened species of Panthera tigris

Web page(s)

Tiger

Organization(s)

IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group

Reference(s)

Baillie, Jonathan and Groombridge, Brian: 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals

Type

(S) Suspect problems

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