Well, I hope all of the people that enjoyed a long weekend are easing there way back into the work week with coffee and animal facts. To help this process along, I figured we could take a nice trip to Malaysia to learn about the amazing Malayan Tiger. Sure, it is just a sub-species of the regular Tiger but it is still a big, ferocious cat so it has to be cool, right? If I had been writing this blog prior to 2004, we probably wouldn’t be learning about the Malayan Tiger. Before this time, it wasn’t considered to be a sub-species in the scientific community but that has all changed with some additional research. So let’s go and learn a little more about this new Tiger sub-species!

The Malayan Tiger is one of the smallest sub-species of Tiger as they only weigh a mediocre 120 kg (260 lbs). Granted, that is 260 lbs of pure muscle and probably not something I would want running after me. This really just shows you how big Tigers are if this is considered to be small. Even more disturbing is the fact that the Malayan Tiger is one of the most common sub-species, other than the Bengal Tiger. Why is this disturbing? Well, there are only about 600-800 Malayan Tigers left in the wild and it is just sad that this makes them one of the most common tiger species on earth. Oh, and they are also on the Endangered Species list!

Like other Tigers, this particular sub-species, likes to stalk their prey such as deer, goats and wild boar. When the time is right, this “small” tiger will pounce and enjoy a nice meal. Again, due to the “small” size of this cat, they don’t have to worry about predators since most animals are smart enough not to mess with a 260 lb carnivore. I say most, since humans don’t seem to fall into this category and as a result are the only threat that this Tiger needs to worry about. As usual, we are destroying their habitat and poaching these beautiful animals, which is obviously impacting their population. If this keeps up, they may lose the honour of being one of the most common Tiger species in the world.

Thanks for reading today’s Wild Fact! Enjoy the rest of your day and I will see you tomorrow.