What is Sumatran Tiger?
Sumatran Tiger is a type of tiger found only in Indonesia on Sumatra Island. Sumatran Tigers, which are critically threatened, are the only surviving Indonesian species of tiger. The scientific name for the Sumatran tiger is Panthera Tigris Sumatrae .
The smallest existing tiger species, the Sumatran tiger reaches a maximum length of 8 feet (2.4 m). Females are usually smaller than men and only measure about 7 feet (2.2 m). Men weigh up to £ 265 (120 kg), while women usually weigh less than 200 pounds (90 kg). Sumatran tigers have thinner stripes than other types of tiger and hair on the neck and cheeks is stronger. Although they can live up to 20 years in captivity, these tigers usually live for less than 15 years in the wild. Sumatran Tiger has on his feet on the web - which is only evident when the fingers spread to the feet - to help swimming. Its preferred method of hunting is to control the game into the water and overtake the animal while swimming. They will hunt birds, a small game, fish and even primates. Their preferred source of foodBut they are hooves such as deer and wild boar. These are partly especially popular because they are slow swimmers. When Tiger Sumatran hunts without a water source nearby, he chases his prey and spring from behind to attack.
The overall population of Sumatran Tiger is divided into many smaller groups throughout Sumatra. Tigers are located in wooded regions at many altitudes, from lowlands to mountain. Although the hunting area of one man can overlap with territories of women, the same sex tigers do not have overlapping areas. Starting with dusk, the tiger can move up to 20 miles (32.2 km) on one hunting path.
Indonesia was once home to three different types of tiger: Javan, Bali and Sumatran. The destruction of habitats and excessive poaching, however, caused Javan and Bali tigers to extract and left the Sumatra Tiger with a population of less than 500. Zoo, University and Wilderness Foundation, mostly working with the Indonesian government,scratched to save what was left of this Tiger population. Since 2011, in addition to two game reserves, five national parks have been founded in the hope that Sumatran Tiger will save. Even with these protection, however, poaching still occurs and about one fifth of the population of this species lives outside the protected area.