The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest extant cat species and a member of the genus Panthera. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange-brown fur with a lighter underside. It is an apex predator, primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and wild boar. It is territorial and generally a solitary but social predator, requiring large contiguous areas of habitat, which support its requirements for prey and rearing of its offspring. Tiger cubs stay with their mother for about two years, before they become independent and leave their mother's home range to establish their own.
Tiger
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Present PreꞒꞒOSDCPTJKPgN↓A Bengal tigress in Kanha National Park, IndiaConservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:CarnivoraSuborder:FeliformiaFamily:FelidaeSubfamily:PantherinaeGenus:PantheraSpecies:P. tigrisBinomial namePanthera tigris
(Linnaeus, 1758)[2]SubspeciesP. t. tigrisP. t. sondaicaP. t. trinilensis †P. t. acutidens †P. t. soloensis †Tiger's historical range in about 1850, excluding that of the Caspian tiger (pale yellow) and in 2006 (in green).[3]Synonyms
The tiger once ranged widely from the Eastern Anatolia Region in the west to the Amur River basin, and in the south from the foothills of the Himalayas to Bali in the Sunda islands. Since the early 20th century, tiger populations have lost at least 93% of their historic range and have been extirpated in Western and Central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and in large areas of Southeast and South Asia and China. Today's tiger range is fragmented, stretching from Siberian temperate forests to subtropical and tropical forests on the Indian subcontinent and Sumatra.
The tiger is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List. As of 2015, the global wild tiger population was estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 mature individuals, with most of the populations living in small pockets isolated from each other. India currently hosts the largest tiger population. Major reasons for population declin
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