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| Sumatran Tiger |
Sumatran tiger faces two types of threats in order to survive. They lost their habitat due to the high of deforestation and threatened by illegal trade in which body parts sold at high prices on the black market, for traditional medicines, jewelry, amulets and decorations. Sumatran tigers are found only on the island of Sumatra. It is the origin of Indonesia creature.
Sumatran tigers have a relatively smallest body compared to all the sub-species of tigers are alive today. Adult male can have up to 60 cm high and long from head to toe to 250 cm and weigh up to 140 kg. Tigress has an average length of 198 cm and weighing up to 91 kg. The skin color of Sumatran tiger is the darkest of all tigers, ranging from yellow-red to dark orange.
The population of Sumatran tiger is only about 400 tails left in the blocks of lowland forests, peat lands, mountains rainforests. Most of the area is threatened deforestation for agricultural and commercial plantations, as well as encroachment by illegal logging and road building activities. Along with the loss of their forest habitat, the tiger had entered the area more closely related to humans and are often killed or captured since strayed into rural areas or due to accidental encounters with humans.
Riau Province is home to a third of the population of Sumatran tigers. Unfortunately, although it is protected by law, the tiger population has declined by 70 percent in the last quarter century. In Riau province, is currently estimated to be only 192 tigers left in Riau.
