Where are tigers found in the wild?
In the wild, tigers are found in India, Nepal, China, Russia, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and Sumatra. Eight sub-species of tiger existed in the past out of which three have been extinct for many years. The five surviving sub species of tiger are the Indian Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) found in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar; Siberian or Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) found in far east Russia ; Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) found in Indonesian island of Sumatra; South China Tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) found in China and Indo-Chinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) mainly found in Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia but are also found in Myanmar, Southern China, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The population found in Peninsular Malaysia has been given a status of separate sub species Panthera tigris.jacksoni. In the last century, three sub species of tigers have already become extinct: Bali Tiger (Panthera tigris balica) that was found in Indonesian islan
