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Sumatran Tiger Habitat

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They are the only tiger found in Indonesia after the Balinese and Javanese tigers were pushed to extinction in the 1900s. Overflowing with small mammals the Asian rainforest is the perfect habitat for a Sumatran tiger. To Protect Sumatran Tigers We Mapped Villages In Indonesia With High Risk Human Tiger Conflicts Once in a while these tigers even travel to mountainous regions. Sumatran tiger habitat . A 2012 forest cover in Sumatra Indonesia. The stripes of the Sumatran tiger are much closer together than in other tiger species which helps them with camouflage. This means one minute the weather is hot and humid the next it is raining in sheets. Panthera tigris sondaica comprising the Sumatran and now extinct Javan and Balinese populations and Panthera tigris tigris comprising the Bengal Malayan Indochinese South Chinese Siberian and extinct Caspian tiger populations. As the name suggests the Sumatran Tiger inhabits the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. The Sumatran tig...