![]() ![]() ![]() The Sumatran tiger is one of the three Sunda island tigers of Indonesia, which included the now extinct Javan tiger and Bali tiger. Today, Sumatran tigers are known to inhabit approximately 27 fragmented areas throughout the island, both inside and outside of formally protected wildlife reserves. Sumatra’s dense but disappearing forests provide the critically endangered Sumatran tiger its last wild shelter. The Sumatran tiger is endemic to the tropical island of Sumatra, the largest island in Indonesia’s Sunda Island chain. Only an estimated 400 to 500 individual Sumatran tigers survive in the wild today. It is classified as critically endangered and is at grave risk of extinction. The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is one of the most endangered of all the tigers remaining on our planet today. Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) ![]()
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