The Sunda Island tiger (''Panthera tigris sondaica'') is a
tiger
The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on ...
subspecies native to the
Sunda Islands in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. The name refers to the:
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Javan tiger
The Javan tiger was a '' Panthera tigris sondaica'' population native to the Indonesian island of Java until the mid-1970s. It was hunted to extinction, and its natural habitat converted for agricultural land use and infrastructure. It was one of ...
(''P. t. sondaica'') — the extinct tiger population of
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mos ...
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Bali tiger
The Bali tiger was a '' Panthera tigris sondaica'' population on the Indonesian island of Bali which has been extinct since the 1950s.
It was formerly regarded as a distinct tiger subspecies with the scientific name ''Panthera tigris balica' ...
, formerly ''P. t. balica''
( Schwarz, 1912) — the extinct tiger population of
Bali
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Sumatran tiger, formerly ''P. t. sumatrae''
( Pocock, 1929) — the living tiger population of
Sumatra
See also
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Bornean tiger
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Panthera tigris tigris
''Panthera tigris tigris'', sometimes referred to as the mainland Asian tiger, is the native tiger subspecies of mainland Asia comprising the following tiger populations:
* Bengal tiger — occurs in the Indian Subcontinent from India, Nepal an ...
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References
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Tiger subspecies