Extinct Tigers

One of the last Caspian tigers.

Three tiger subspecies are now extinct (all of them are dead): Caspian tiger (P.t. virgata) Javan tiger (P.t. sondaica) Bali tigerP.t. balica)

Range of the Caspian Tiger

The Caspian tiger, Panthera tigris virgata,
once lived in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Mongolia,
and the Central Asiatic area of Russia.
It probably became extinct in the 1950s.

Range of the Java and Balinese Tigers
The Javan tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, once lived on the Indonesian island of Java. The last Javan tiger was seen in 1972.

The Bali tiger, Panthera tigris balica,
once lived on the island of Bali. The last Bali tiger was believed to have been killed in 1937.

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