Harimau Belang
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: P. tigris
Subspecies: P. t. malayensis
Kingdom Animalia, Class mamalia
member of the Felidae family; the largest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera
bilateral body symmetry, tetrapoda
deutrostomia, phylum chordata, subphylum vertebrate
apex predator and an obligate carnivore
3.3 metres (11 ft) in total length and weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds)
their most recognisable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes that overlays near-white to reddish-orange fur, with lighter underparts.
REPRODUCTION
Mating can occur all year round, but is generally more common between November and April.
A female is only receptive for a few days and mating is frequent during that time period. A pair will copulate frequently and noisily.
The gestation period is 16 weeks. The litter size usually consists of around 3–4 cubs of about 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) each, which are born blind and helpless. The females rear them alone, sheltering them in dens such as thickets and rocky crevices. The father of the cubs generally takes no part in rearing them.
Unrelated wandering male tigers may even kill cubs to make the female receptive, since the tigress may give birth to another litter within 5 months if the cubs of the previous litter are lost.
The mortality rate of tiger cubs is fairly high - approximately half do not survive to be more than two years old.
There is generally a dominant cub in each litter, which tends to be male but may be of either sex. This cub generally dominates its siblings during play and tends to be more active, leaving its mother earlier than usual.
At 8 weeks, the cubs are ready to follow their mother out of the den, although they don't travel with her as she roams her territory until they are older. The cubs become independent around 18 months of age, but it is not until they are around 2–2½ years old that they leave their mother.
Females reach sexual maturity at 3–4 years, whereas males reach sexual maturity at 4–5 years.
Subspecies: ( 9, 6 + 3 extinct)
siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti), bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) , malayan tiger(Panthera tigris jacksoni) , sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), south china tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis)
extinct: Bali tiger (Panthera tigris balica), Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica), Caspian tiger (formerly Panthera tigris virgata)
MALAYAN TIGER ( PANTHERA TIGRIS MALAYENSIS)
found in the southern and central parts of the Malay Peninsula
smallest extant subspecies of tiger.
Its stripe pattern is similar to the Indochinese tiger but its size is closer to the Sumatran tigers.
an average weight of 120 kg for adult males and 100 kg for females.
Male Malayan tigers measures around 237 cm in length from head to tail and female Malayan tigress around 200 cm in length.
prey on sambar deer, barking deer, wild boar and livestock