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 THE TIGER    Siberian- found in Russia, China, North Korea Sumatran- found in Sumatra Indo-Chinese-found in Eastern Burma, Vietnam, Mala South China- Central China, South China
 * The tiger, Panthera Tigris
 * Carnivore- eats deer, wild boar, antelope, buffalo, domestic livestock, pea fowl, monkeys, civets, porcupines, fish, frogs, crabs, large lizards, pythons, and young elephants and rhinos.
 * Bengal- found in India, Napal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Western Burna

   
 * The tiger is currently labeled as endangered
 * reasons are as follows: poaching, loss of habitat, human population expansion
 * The tiger was labeled as a threatened animal in 1936 and an endangered animal in 1956 and has remained there ever since. Some subspecies of the remaining five out of the original eight are critically endangered.
 * There is help however; the following is said help: Wildlife Conservation Society, The World Conservation Union Cat Specialist, The Tiger Information Center
 * No one is certain of what the tiger's future will be, but some say there is hope.

[|bengal tiger photos and information]

[|Sumatran tiger] (above) [|South China tiger](center) tiger cub(right)