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Sumatran Tiger Rare Sumatran Tiger. Photographed at Point Defiance Zoo. Tacoma, WA Geotagged,Panthera tigris sumatrae,Sumatran tiger,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Sumatran Tiger

Rare Sumatran Tiger. Photographed at Point Defiance Zoo. Tacoma, WA

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The Sumatran tiger is a tiger subspecies that inhabits the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was classified as critically endangered by IUCN in 2008 as the population is projected to be 441 to 679 individuals, with no subpopulation having an effective population size larger than 50 individuals, with a declining trend.

The Sumatran tiger is the only surviving member of the Sunda Islands group of tigers that included the now extinct Bali tiger and Javan tiger. Sequences from complete mitochondrial.. more

Similar species: Carnivorans
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Aug 6, 2014. Captured Aug 5, 2014 17:00 in Five Mile Drive, Tacoma, WA 98407, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm