Balinese Tiger

The bali tiger or balinese tiger panthera tigris balica is one of the three extinct sub species of the tiger they became extinct in 1937 they lived on bali this was the first sub species of tiger to become extinct.

Balinese tiger. It was the smallest among nine subspecies of panthera tigris. The bali was also the smallest tiger sub species. The bali tiger caspian tiger and javan tiger are the three subspecies that are currently extinct. This was one of three subspecies of tiger found in indonesia together with the javan tiger which is also extinct and the critically endangered sumatran tiger.

The bali tiger is believed to have become extinct around 1937 although the exact date is open to debate. Bali java and sumatran tigers. The bali tiger was part of the panthera tigris species which also included the now extinct javan tiger and the critically endangered sumatran tiger. However the bali tiger wasn t truly imperiled until the first european settlers arrived on bali in the late 16th century.

The bali tiger is an endemic animal island of bali the balinese tiger is one of the endemic animals in bali because its population only lives and develops on the island. The bali tiger was extinct in the 1930s and java tiger in 1970s. The bali tiger panthera tigris balica harimau bali in indonesian or referred to as samong in archaic balinese language was a subspecies of tiger which was found solely on the small indonesian island of bali. The last officially recorded individual was a female shot at sumbar kima in west bali on 27th september 1937.

The bali tiger was a population of panthera tigris sondaica which lived in the indonesian island of bali. Some believe that there may still be a small population of the bali tiger alive today however judging by the size of the island of bali in. The bali tiger is an extinct tiger subspecies that was endemic to the indonesian island of bali. The balinese tiger became very popular in its time because of that many residents were eyeing and hunting for it as a form of protection and also avoided the safety and danger.

In 2017 felid taxonomy was revised and this subspecies. The last of indonesia s tigers are holding on for survival against deforestation poaching and human tiger conflicts. This was one of three sub species of tiger found in indonesia together with the javan tiger which is also extinct. It was only found on the small island of bali near malaysia and the philippines in the indian ocean.

Over the next 300 years these tigers were hunted by the dutch as nuisances or simply for sport and the last definitive sighting was in 1937 though some stragglers likely persisted for another 20 or 30 years. Tiger panthera tigris in the past indonesia had three subspecies of tigers. It was the smallest. The bali tiger panthera tigris balica harimau bali in indonesian or referred to as samong in archaic balinese language was a subspecies of tiger which was found solely on the small indonesian island of bali.

This population has been extinct since the 1950s. Of these subspecies the bali tiger was physically the smallest and also the first to go extinct. Bali has an area of approximately 2 175 square.