Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past
100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia,
from the islands of Java and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Today, they range from the
Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified
as endangered by IUCN. The global population in the wild is estimated at ranging from 3,062 to 5,066, with most
remaining populations occurring in small pockets that are isolated from each other. Major reasons for population
decline include habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. The extent of area occupied by tigers
is estimated at less than 1,184,911 km2 (457,497 sq mi), a 41% decline from the area estimated in the mid-1990s.
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