SOUTH CHINA TIGER

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

• Similar to the bengal tiger
• They have shorter canines and molars
• Their coat is lighter, yellowish colored
• They have more stripes, which are thinner and sharp looking
• Smallest tiger sub-species in Asia

SPECIES ECOLOGY

• They are a carnivorous species
• They prefer larger animals, such as a wild boar
• Smaller prey form a small part of their diet

SPECIES TAXONOMY

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Genus: Panthera
• Species: P. Tigris

SPECIES BIOME

• Historical range stretched over 2000 km of China
• Lives in the vast forests and mountains in the region
• Stretched over 1200 miles east to western china

SPECIES INTERACTIONS

• They hunt Alone
• They often live solitary lives unless mating season is occurimg
• Fiercely territorial
• Known to kill prey while swimming.

IMPORTANCE OF SURVIVAL

• Currently they do not exist in the wild anymore
• They are as important as every other species going extinct
• The reason being is that they are studied for their behaviors and are compared to other species

HOW HUMANS HAVE IMPACTED THEIR SURVIVAL

• There are both pros and cons to this as we have both helped them survive and become extinct
• The pros are is that some people have finally decided to step up and help this dying species.
• The cons are is that we helped put them where they are. We hunted them down
• We took their bodies for their fur coats so we could have our own fur tapestries or fur coats

THREATS TO THE SPECIES

• Humans (in general)
• Deforestation
• Hunting
• Prey migration

THE CURRENT RECOVERY PLAN

• An organization was founded and called Save Chinas Tigers
• They help train young cubs to live in the wild
• This species was put on the list around 1979, after a mass anti-pest campaign

TROPHIC LEVEL

• They rely on their predatory skills

WORKS CITED

• http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/south-china-tiger
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_tiger
• http://www.tigersincrisis.com/south_china_tiger.htm