Malayan Tiger
Scientific name : Panthera Tigris Jacksoni
Scientific classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Genus: | Panthera |
| Species: | P. tigris |
| Subspecies: | P. t. jacksoni |
Habitats : Dense tropical forest 
NICHE
Tigers are stalk and ambush hunters. They can move quietly and slowly, their stripes helping them to hide in the tall grass while they stalk their prey. Their tongues, rough as sandpaper, help them to remove every last bit of meat from the bones of their meals.
Tigers are good swimmers, they like water and will go into pools and rivers to cool off. In the wild, tigers are solitary. Each has its own range, though they sometimes overlap. Tigers use their retractable front claws to mark their territories by scratching on trees. This helps keep claws sharp as well.
DIETS
Wild boar; swine, deer, antelope, water buffalo, wild cattle (in some regions of Asia, tigers may also hunt rhino and baby elephants), wild boar,goat
The Malayan tiger is a dominant and carnivorous predator, hunting it's prey by stalking it until the Malayan tiger has the opportunity to catch it off guard. Malayan tigers primarily hunt larger mammals including deer, wild boar, cattle and goats.
Due to the size and power of the Malayan tiger, it has no natural predators in its native environment. Humans that hunt the Malayan tiger and habitat loss are the only threats to the Malayan tiger.
Conservation status : endangered
Today, due to habitat loss caused by deforestation, and hunting by human poachers, the Malayan tiger is considered to be an endangered species. Modern estimates suggest that the current wild Malayan tiger population is between 600 and 800 individuals, making it one of the more numerous tiger species.
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