Florida > popular all-time > Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii)  (September 3, 2006)
Florida > popular all-time > Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) [female]  (September 3, 2006)
Florida > popular all-time > Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)  (September 3, 2006)
Florida > popular all-time > Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)  (September 3, 2006)

The tiger once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia (Nowell and Jackson, 1996). Over the past 100 years tigers have disappeared from southwest and central Asia, from two Indonesian islands (Java and Bali) and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Tigers have lost 93% of their historic range (Sanderson et al., 2006).

Tigers are currently found in twelve Asian range states: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Viet Nam. They may still persist in North Korea, although there has been no recent confirmed evidence.

It is the largest living member of the cat family and no two animals are the same; each Bengal Tiger has its own pattern of stripes. Around the year 1900, there were as many as 50,000 Bengal Tigers in India. But by the year 1972, there were only about 1,800 Bengal tigers left. Through an attempt to conserve the existence of the tiger, there are currently about 4,000 tigers remaining. 

Status: Endangered

Location and status information found at  The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Florida > popular all-time > Florida Aquarium photo
Florida > popular all-time > (July 8, 2006)
Florida > popular all-time > Ananas lucidus - A decorative pineapple with colorful miniature fruit. In spite of its size (over three feet tall), it is still considered a rather small species because of its upright habit. A showy species with slender, stiff but spineless leaves of coppery reddish brown and tennis ball sized, bright red fruit.  (July 8, 2006)
Florida > popular all-time > Costus Malortieanus  (July 8, 2006)
Florida > popular all-time > Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae)  (July 8, 2006)
Florida Aquarium photo
Photo by: SCL • see photo in gallery

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