Like its neighbors on the islands of Java and Sumatra, the Bali tiger (technical name Panthera tigris balica) benefited, to a degree, by virtue of its geographic isolation. These tigers were only found in the wild on the tiny Indonesian island of Bali. They were smaller, darker, and had a greater density of thinner stripes than their cousins.

Sadly, this is believed to have been the very first tiger subspecies to succumb to extinction. The last Bali tiger is believed to have been killed by hunters in 1937. None others survive, either in captivity or in zoos. As far as we know, the only thing that remains of the Balinese tiger is one photograph...

Sumatran, Indo-chinese, Southchinese, Bengal, Siberian, Caspian, Javan, Balinese