Tiger

Panthera tigris · Felidae

The tiger is a large cat and a member of the genus Panthera native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur that fades to white in parts, with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is traditionally classified into nine subspecies, though some recognise only two subspecies, the mainland Asian tiger and the Sunda Islands tiger.

Where the Tiger lives

Recorded in India, Russia and Nepal (Asia).

Most records fall in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

See the Tiger’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Endangered (EN). In danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 5,346 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.