AMAZING FACTS OF TIGER

 Tiger are the largest of the big cats. Wild tigers are at the top of the food chain. There were originally subspecies of tiger, the javan, the bali, the Caspian, the indochinese, the sumatran, the Siberian, and the south china tiger . 

The tiger is the  most endangered species of big cat. Of the remaining tiger subspecies the south china tiger is the most critically endangered with only around sixty living in Chinese zoos and approximately twenty in the wild ( although none have been spotted for over twenty years). This puts this subspecies at the very top of the endangered species list .

Wild tigers do not live in Africa, they are spread out accross Asia and are thought to have originated from southern China. A captive tiger can live up to twenty years, while a wild tiger can expect to live ten to fifteen years. Tigers are an umbrella species, which means to save the wild tiger we must also commit to saving it's habitat and prey . 

The Bengal tiger is found in India and around the Nepal/china border, it is the second largest of the subspecies weighing in at around 480 pounds, and is 9ft 5'long ( average ). The indochinese tiger is found across most of southeast Asia, it is 8ft 8' long and weights in at 380 pounds ( average).

The south china tiger is found only in southern China, it is 8 ft 1'long and weights in at 336 poun. The south china tiger is believed to be the antecedent of all tigers.