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The Sumatran tiger is a population of Panthera tigris sondaica on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. [1] [2] It is the only surviving tiger population in the Sunda Islands, where the Bali and Javan tigers are extinct.
One species which has been handled by EEP was Sumatran tiger which have only a few hundred left in the wild, and only about 7% of their habitat remains. They used to live in all the Sumatran territory, but nowadays most of them can only be found in the mountain regions of the Burit Barisan volcanic area.
There are believed to be less than 500 Sumatran tigers left in the wild.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species notes that Sumatran tigers — fewer than 400 of which remain in the wild — are the most critically endangered subspecies of tiger.
Some important mammal species: Bornean clouded leopard, Asian tapir, and Sumatran rhino. The population of Sumatran tigers in the Kerinci Seblat National Park is the highest recorded, making it one of the 12 Globally Important Tiger Conservation Landscapes. [3] Several important bird species: white-winged wood duck and Sumatran ground-cuckoo.
'Beloved' Lucy, a 12-year-old critically endangered Sumatran tiger, has died at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, likely due to a blood infection.
Despite this extensive protected area network, tigers were recorded in 10 of 17 protected area complexes during countrywide surveys between 2004 and 2007. Tiger density was lower than predicted on basis of available forest habitat. [45] The Myanmar tiger population was limited to the Tanintharyi Region and Hukaung Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in ...
Critically endangered Sumatran tiger twins born at Oklahoma City Zoo