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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.
Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh. The Leuser Ecosystem is an area of forest located in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.Covering more than 2.6 million hectares it is one of the richest expanses of tropical rain forest in Southeast Asia and is the last place on earth where the Sumatran elephant, rhino, tiger and orangutan are found within one area. [1]
The third strategic and action plan for the conservation of the Sumatran tiger for the years 2020–2030 revolves around strengthening management of small tiger population units of less than 20 mature individuals and connectivity between 13 forest patches in North Sumatra and West Sumatra provinces. [212] Wild Sumatran tiger caught by camera trap
After researchers put 28 camera traps in July 2011, 6 months later the researchers found one male and six females, and predicted the population is not more than 27 Sumatran rhinos, of which the total population is predicted to be around 200 in Sumatra and Malaysia, half the population of 15 years ago.
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.
Sumatran tiger (approximately 40 adult tigers or 10% of the remaining Sumatran tigers live in the park). Other animals in the park are the Malayan tapir, siamang, Sumatran surili, sun bear and lesser mouse-deer. [3] There are over 300 species of bird in the park, like the critically endangered Sumatran ground-cuckoo. [4]
Sumatra has a wide range of plant and animal species but has lost almost 50% of its tropical rainforest in the last 35 years. [clarification needed] Many species are now critically endangered, such as the Sumatran ground cuckoo, the Sumatran tiger, the Sumatran elephant, the Sumatran rhinoceros, and the Sumatran orangutan.
Mount Bandahara is a habitat for various protected flora and fauna species, including several rare and endangered species. One of the species found in this area is the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), which is classified as a critically endangered species.