David Attenborough wrote: “Tigers were once found in most parts of Asia. They were so widespread, living in rain forest, marshlands and dry scrub country, that they developed into separate regional populations sufficiently distinct in size and coat patterns to be classified as subspecies."            Bengal tigers are the most common tiger. An average male Bengal tiger weighs around 500 pounds (220 kilograms) stands 36 inches high at the shoulder, measure ten feet from the tip of their nose to end of their tail and has a head that is 16 inches long and 10 inches wide Females are generally about a foot shorter and 100 pound lighter than males. The largest one on record, according to the Guinness Book of Records, was shot in Utter Pradesh on November 1967. It was 10 feet 7 inches long and weighed 857 pounds. However, Sumatran tigers are smaller. They measure 2.54 meters from the end of their nose to the tip of their tail and weigh an average of 120 kilograms, with females being about 20 kilograms lighter than males. The standard colours of a Bengal tiger and Sumatran tiger are an orange body with black stripes coming down the sides.
            There are reasonably large populations of Bengal Tigers in the wild (2,970 to 4,300 animals) and they are found in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. They are the symbol of India and make up the majority of tigers seen in zoos and circuses. On the other hand, Sumatran tigers are only about 650 to 700 tigers left. Around 350 to 450 live in Sumatra. They are threatened by loss of habitat, primarily due to logging and deforestation in Sumatra, and poaching for Chinese medicine. 


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