The Indochinese Tiger
Appearance
The Indochinese Tiger commonly mistaken for the Bengal Tiger due to their similar colour and body shape, have subtle differences which can help you tell them apart. The Indochinese have thinner stripe patterns and have a stronger orange influence to their coats. For the Indochinese sub species the weight of an average tiger is 396-550 pounds, 180-250 kgs, and they can have a length average of 9 feet. Habitat Unlike other sub species, the Indochinese tiger tends to inhabit forests and highly dense bushland on mountains and in isolated areas. The types of forestation that they inhabit on the mountains range from 'tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests to dry forest.' |
Population
The Panthera Tigris Corbetti also known as the Indochinese Tiger currently inhabit parts of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma. This sub species also were once found in China however none of these creatures have been spotted since 2007. In the wild there are ranged to be between 320-350 however due to vapid changes in environment because of construction and poachers in the area this number is steadily declining, this tiger sub species has now been placed on the Endangered species list. Diet & Lifestyle
The Indochinese tiger will eat any prey that is available to it, within the confines of it's natural habitat. Due to being a carnivore by nature prey such as large deer and birds are great examples of prey which is in a typical Indochinese Tiger diet. The Indochinese tiger like most other tigers generally lives and prowls alone other than the mating rituals of a tiger and the 'mother-offspring care'. |