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Malayan tiger
There are 600 to 800 Malayan tigers still alive today. They can be found exclusively in the southern
parts of the Malayan Peninsula.
They prey on samber deer, chital, barasingha, wild boar, gaur, nilgai, buffalo but also prey on dogs,
leopards, pythons, sloth bears and crocodiles.
Siberian tiger known as Amur tiger
Siberian tigers are the largest tiger. There are around 450 Siberian tigers left today. The Siberian
tiger have thicker coats, paler fur, fewer stripes, brown instead of black to camouflage them in the
Siberian and Chinese regions where they live.
They feed on Manchurian wapiti, wild boar, sika deer, moose, roe deer, musk deer and on Asiatic
black bears and Ussuri brown bears.
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