| Balinese Tiger Panthera tigris balica Like its neighbors on the islands of Java and Sumatra, the Bali tiger benefited, to a degree, by virtue of its geographic isolation. These tigers were only found in the wild on the tiny Indonesian island of Bali. They were smaller, darker, and had a greater density of thinner stripes than other tigers.The Bali tiger has been the very first tiger subspecies to become extinct. The last specimen of the subspecies is believed to have been killed by hunters in 1937. None others survive, not even in captivity or in zoos. The only thing that remains of the Balinese tiger is one photograph. The Bali tiger is extinct. |
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