Where tigers remain in the wild
368, as of July 2008. Of them, 142 are Amur (northern) tigers, including those at the Minnesota Zoo; 73 are Sumatran, and 50 are Malayan.
Wild tiger estimates by subspecies:
Amur: 360 to 406, mostly in Russia.
Bengal: 3,176 to 4,556, mostly in India.
Indo-Chinese: 627 to 1,186, in southernmost China, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.
Malayan: 600, only in peninsular Malaysia.
Sumatran: 400 to 500, only in Sumatra.
South China: listed officially at 20 to 30, but Tilson believes there are no wild South China tigers living at this time.
KRISTIN TILLOTSON
Sources: Dr. Ron Tilson, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, World Wildlife Federation MARK BOSWELL • Star Tribune
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