SUMATRAN TIGER

The Sumatran tiger is an endangered species which is also the only sub-spisies tigers that still belongs to Indonesia after the two brothers Bali Tiger (Panthera tigris balica) and the Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) declared extinct. Animals of the phylum Chordata can only be found on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Population living in the wild is estimated 400-500 birds. The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is increasingly rare and are categorized as endangered species.

Tigers evolved in eastern Asia in China and Siberia before it split in half, one of them moved towards the woods of Central Asia in the west and southwest into the Caspian tiger. Some are moving from Central Asia to the western mountainous region, and so on to the islands of Southeast Asia and Indonesia, partly to keep moving to the west through India.

Sumatran Tiger trust alienated when the rise of sea level at 6,000 to 12,000 years ago. Sophisticated genetic testing has revealed genetic markers unique, indicating that this subspecies has different characteristics with other tigers subspisies and very possibly evolve into separate species, if managed sustainably.