Do you know that tigers are the biggest cats in the world. There are five different kinds or sub-species of tiger alive in the world today. Tigers are called Panthera tigris in latin, Bagh in hindi & Bengali, Kaduva in Malayalam & Pedda Puli in telugu..

Types of Tigers:

Earlier there were 8 kinds of tigers but human killing has left only 5 kinds of them. These are

1. Amur (Siberian) tigers
2. Royal Bengal tigers
3. Indo-chinese tigers
4. South China tigers
5. Sumatran tigers

All these types are different in their size, weight, habits and appearance.

Total Population of Tiger in the World

SUB SPECIES	RANGE COUNTRIES	ESTIMATED POPULATION
		Minimum	Maximum
Royal Bengal Tiger P.t.tigris	Bagladesh Bhutan China India Nepal Total	300 80 30 2500 150 3060	460 240 35 3800 250 4785
P.t.altaica (Also called Amur,Siberian, Manchurian,N-E China Tiger)	China North Korea Russia Total	12 10 415 437	20 10 476 506
P.t.amoyensis (South China Tiger)	China Total	20 20	30 30
P.t.sumatrae (Sumatran Tiger)	Sumatra Total	400 400	500 500
P.t.corbetti (Indo-Chinese Tiger)	Cambodia China Laos Malaysia Myanmar Thailand Vietnam Total	100 30 600 250 200 1180	200 40 650 600 300 1790
	GRAND TOTAL	5000	6800
Extinct Species
P.t. virgata (Caspian Tiger)	Extinct
P.t.sondaica (Javan Tiger)	Extinct
P.t.balica (Bali Tiger)	Extinct