| The Indochinese and South China Tiger |
| *Indochinese tiger: Panthera tigris corbetti *There are about 1,227-1,800 Indochinese tigers left in the world; 60 of those make their homes in zoos in Asia and in the U.S. *This subspecies of cat is smaller and darker with shorter, narrower stripes than that of the Bengal. * Males will weigh up to 400 pounds, and the females, 250. The Indochinese tiger's diet is primarily wild deer and wild cattle. |
| South China Tiger: Panther tigris amoyensis * The South China tiger is the most greatly endangered tiger in existance with only 20-30 left in the wild and a mere 47 in zoos around the world. * The last wild tiger of the subspecies was brought into a zoo 20 years ago. *The stripes on this cat are shorter, broader and wider spaced than the Bengal. *It's the second smallest sucspecies of tiger weighing in at only 330 pounds for a male and 240 for a female. |