The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

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The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is an important predator that can maintain the balance of the food chain (food chains) in the forests of Sumatra island, the reduced number of Sumatran Tiger populations impacted Warthog uncontrollably and can be a pest for communities around the forest. Sumatran tiger is an animal rainforest.

Sumatran Tiger Description: The Sumatran tiger has the darkest color among all the other tiger subspecies, the black pattern width and the distance is sometimes tightly attached. Sumatran tiger stripes are thinner than other tiger subspecies. This subspecies also had more beard and mane than other subspecies, mainly male tiger. There is a membrane in between the fingers that make them able to swim. Sumatran tigers are generally nocturnal activity.

The Sumatran tiger is not the usual kind of animals live in groups but a solitary species, ie animals that most of his time living alone, except during mating season or childbearing.

The length of a male Sumatran tiger can reach 2.2 to 2.8 meters, while the females from 2.15 to 2.3 meters. Height is measured from foot to neck the average was 75 cm, but there is also a reach between 80-95 cm, and weighs 130-255 kg. These animals have long fur 8-11 mm, the mane on a male Sumatran tiger measuring 11-13 cm. Feathers on the chin, cheeks, and back of the head shorter. Tail length of about 65-95 cm (Directorate of Nature Conservation, 1986; Hafild and Aniger, 1984; Kahar, 1997; Macdonald, 1986; Mountfort, 1973; Saleh and Kambey, 2003; Sutedja and Taufik, 1993; Suwelo and Somantri, 1978; Treep, 1973).
Scientific classification Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae):
Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: mammals; Order: Carnivora; Family: Felidae; Genus: Panthera; Species: Panthera tigris; Upaspesies: Panthera tigris sumatrae. Trinomial name: Panthera tigris sumatrae (Pocock, 1929).

Sumatran Tiger Food:
Sumatran tigers, including the type that normally prey Carnivora: Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor), Deer (Muntiacus muntjak), hare (Tragulus sp.), And boar (Sus sp.). Wild buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), Tapir (Tapirus indicus), monkey (Macaca), porcupine (Hystrix brachyura), pangolin (Manis javanica), the kinds of reptiles such as turtles, snakes, and lizards, and various species of birds, fish , and other types of frogs and other wildlife. Pets or livestock are also sometimes fall prey to tigers, including the buffalo, goat, sheep, cows, dogs and chickens.

Sumatran Tiger Reproduction:
Sumatran tigers can breed at any time. The gestation period is about 103 days. Usually tigress gave birth to two or three tiger cubs at a time, and at most 6 tails. The new cub's eyes open on the tenth day, although the tiger cubs at the zoo are listed born with open eyes. Cubs only drink its mother's milk during the first 8 weeks. After that they can try solid foods, but they still suckle for 5 or 6 months. Cubs first leave the nest at the age of 2 weeks, and learn to hunt at the age of 6 months. They can hunt alone at the age of 18 months, and at the age of 2 years cubs can stand alone.

Type the location of which is usually a choice of tiger habitat in Indonesia varies, with an altitude between 0000-3000 meters above sea level, such as:
  1. Tropical rain forests, primary and secondary forests in the lowlands to highlands, savannah forest, open forest, beach forest, and forest logged
  2. Muddy beaches, mangroves, swampy coastal brackish and freshwater beaches
  3. Mainly pasture grasslands
  4. Flat areas along the river, especially on the river that flows through land that is covered by tropical rain forest
  5. Also frequently seen on the plantation and agricultural land
  6. There was also a lot of tiger found in peat forest areas.
There are nine subspecies of tiger that three of them have been declared extinct. Ninth subspisies tiger are:
  1. Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) located in Malaysia, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
  2. Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal.
  3. South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) China.
  4. Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Amur, Ussuri, tiger East China Sea, or Manchurian tiger. There are in China, North Korea, and Central Asia in Russia.
  5. Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) are found only in Sumatra, Indonesia.
  6. Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) is located in peninsula Malaysia.
  7. Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) have become extinct around the year 1950. Caspian tigers there are in Afghanistan, Iran, Mongolia, Turkey, and Russia.
  8. Javan tigers (Panthera tigris sondaica) have become extinct around the year 1972. Javan tigers are on the island of Java, Indonesia.
  9. Bali tiger (Panthera tigris balica) that became extinct around the year 1937. Bali tigers are on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

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