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During 2001–2020, landscapes where tigers live declined from 1,025,488 km 2 (395,943 sq mi) to 911,901 km 2 (352,087 sq mi). [65] Habitat destruction , habitat fragmentation and poaching for fur and body parts are the major threats that contributed to the decrease of tiger populations in all range countries.
Suffered from significant industrial pollution called "foul and noisome, polluted by offal and industrious wastes, scummy with oil, unlikely to be mistaken for water." [ 220 ] Fish kills and submerged vehicles were a common sight, along with toxic chemical plumes that colored parts of the river pink and orange. [ 221 ]
Located away from the Atlantic Ocean, and the center of Eurasian landmass, the climate of the Western Siberian Plain is mildly continental. [5] The climate is affected by the pressure systems of the Siberian High, which brings dry, cold winters, and the Asiatic Low, which supports relatively warmer (but still cool) summers.
Tigers in the wild typically have a lifespan of 10-15 years, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. Tigers cared for by humans can live upwards of 20 years.
Once widespread across Southeast Asia, tigers became extinct in Singapore, Java and Bali in the 20th century, and in recent years have also disappeared from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in the wild.
Taiga or tayga (/ ˈ t aɪ ɡ ə / TY-gə; Russian: тайга́, IPA:), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches.
Not only do conifer trees thrive in acidic soils, they actually make the soil more acidic. Acidic leaflitter (or needles) from conifers falls to the forest floor and the precipitation leaches the acids down into the soil. Other species that can tolerate the acidic soils of the taiga are lichens and mosses, yellow nutsedge, and water horsetail.
The Indochinese tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to Southeast Asia. [1] This population occurs in Myanmar and Thailand.In 2011, the population was thought to comprise 342 individuals, including 85 in Myanmar and 20 in Vietnam, with the largest population unit surviving in Thailand, estimated at 189 to 252 individuals during the period 2009 to 2014.