Fast Swimmer Sumatran Tiger

used to put its prey that can’t do a fast swim into a corner. The Do you know this Sumatran Tiger can swim? In the first time, I was surprised how this tiger can swim, but Sumatran Tiger has a membrane between its toes, that make light of fast swim. Sumatran Tiger is the smallest of all extant tiger subspecies. Its stripes are narrower than other subspecies of tigers' stripes, and it has a more bearded and manned appearance, especially the males.

Interesting thing happened when female Sumatran Tiger would born children, its skin become dark green, maybe this one of camouflage thing to distract other predator that can ambush its child. Sumatran Tiger can proliferate anytime without any limitation of season. Female Sumatran Tiger pregnancy takes 103 days, and could born 2 until 3 child, it happened in some research that female Sumatran Tiger could born 6 children in one pregnancy and that a maximum number that Sumatran Tiger could hold.

Actually it’s not so hard to conserve Sumatran Tiger, because this tiger can eat anything in the nature also prey on larger ungulates, like wild boar, tapir and deer, and sometimes also smaller animals, like fowl, and fish. Orangutans could be prey, but since they spend a minimal amount of time on the ground, tigers rarely catch one. According to the local people Sumatran Tiger also take durian (Durio zibethinus) for consumption.

Child Sumatran Tiger has a good independency, its suckle on the mother breast have been only 5 until 6 month, its hunt in 18 month old and life independent in 2 years old. Sumatran Tiger can life for 15 years in the wild and 20 years in the cage.

The Sumatran Tiger is the smallest of all extant tiger subspecies. Male Sumatran Tigers average 234 cm (6 feet, 8 inches) in length from head to tail and weigh about 136 kg. Females average 198 cm (6 feet, 6 inches) in length and weigh about 91 kg.

The biggest threat after all is human activity, especially the forest zone that converted into plantation, mining, housing development, transmigration etc. this thing fragment their habitat, and often issued conflict between human and Sumatran Tiger. Even end with Sumatran Tiger steps aside from its habitat. Poverty of local people, make Hunting and illegal trading in black market such as skin, bone, fang, including meat of Sumatran Tiger add more factor to its extinct.

In 1996 Sumatran Tiger categorized in critically endangered species by IUCN (Cat Specialist Group 2002). In 1992 Sumatran Tiger population approximately only 400 left in five different national park. Which are Gunung Leuser, Kerinci Seblat, Way Kambas, Berbak dan Bukit Barisan Selatan) dan dua suaka margasatwa (Kerumutan dan Rimbang. And there is 100 still lives outside conservation zone. That number estimate still decreasing. Whereas if this animal could conserve well, it might this subspecies develop become different species. Recent genetic testing has revealed the presence of unique genetic markers.

In order to conserve Sumatran Tiger, Taman Safari Indonesia (Indonesian Safari Park) designate by 20 zoos in the world to be Sumatran Tiger Conservation Center, studbook keeper and Gnome Rescue Bank.

Away back Indonesia has three from eight tiger sub species that spread all over the world, however two of them extinct, that is Harimau Jawa or Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) in 1940 dan Harimau Bali or Bali Tiger (Panthera tigris balica) in 1980.





Such a great regret if we can conserve Sumatran Tiger and let it to extinct.

Common Name

Sumatran tiger;
Tigre de Sumatra(Fr);
Tigre de Sumatra(Sp)
Scientific Name
Panthera tigris sumatrae
Location
Western Indonesia
Status

IUCN: Critically Endangered C2a(i)
CITES: Appendix I
Population
Fewer than 400 individuals
















source :
www.wikipedia.org
www.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/endangered_species_list/tigers/sumatran_tiger/

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