Drawings of Tigers by Team 1

Eight Kinds of Tigers

Wild tigers are found only in Asia. Scientists believe that tigers first appeared in China. There are eight kinds of tigers. They are Caspian, Bali, Javan, Sumatran, Indian, Amur, Chinese (South China) and Indochinese. The first three are extinct; the last five exist among 14 Asian countries, including China, India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. During the twentieth century, the number of tigers has declined because of human actions, for example, hunting excessively and using habitats for farms or needs of growing human population. In addition, tigers are divided among some 160 separate areas. Therefore, they may suffer from the negative effects of inbreeding and they also may be wiped out by diseases or natural disaster. Tigers can live only in biomes where grasses may grow 25 feet tall and where deer and wild pigs are found. Tigers don’t live in desert or tundra.



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