Sumatran Tigers

Sumatran tiger is a subspecies of tiger found on the Indonesian island of Sumatera.
The sumatran tiger is the smallest of all surviving tiger subspecies. male sumateran tiger average 204 cm in length from head to tail and weigh about 136 kg. females average 198 cm in length and weigh about 91 kg. it's stripes are narrower than other subspecies of tigres stripes, and it has a more bearded and maned apperance, especially the males. Analysis of DNA is consistent with the hypothesis that the sumateran tigers have been isolated after a rise in sea level at the pleistocene to holocene border from other tiger population. In agrrement with this evolutionary history, the sumatran tiger is genetically isolated from all living mainland tigers, which from a distinct group, closely related among each other.