Sumatran Tiger Case Study

Next there is the Sumatran Tiger, or Panthera Tigris Sumatrae. This subspecies is the rarest and smallest of all living tigers and faces a serious survival problem in their habitat. They are the sole surviving subspecies in the islands of south asia as there are two other subspecies that have gone extinct there which are talked about later. They are inhabitants of the island of Sumatra which is in Indonesia. They are also inhabitants to Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park where they are found in isolated patches of sea-level forests. They do have a preference for dense vegetation habitats in the center of forests and avoid any human occupied areas. They naturally are found at high-altitude zones that have vegetation at ground level. Their characteristics feature a thick orange coat of fur and have the densest fur and stripes compared to the other tigers and males have thick hair around the neck.

Males weigh 220 to 309 pounds and females 165 to 243. The total population of the tigers were between 400 and 500 as of 2007; however, the numbers aren’t constant and the population is thought to be decreasing. Despite its smaller size, it can still take out large prey such as elephant calves or rhinoceroses. The smaller animals it would eat would be birds or reptiles. The tigers in the national park have a diet of 9 animals that have been identified. It eats the Malaysian tapir, porcupine, great argo, southern pig-tailed macaque, wild boar, greater mouse-deer, kanchil, the Indian muntjac and the samber. Just like the Bengal tiger, these tigers reproduce only when it’s at most convenience, since there is no mating season for tigers. That being said, it is a big reason why tiger population isn’t steady(Tigersworld,