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# Bali tiger

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Bali tiger

The Bali tiger, or Balinese tiger (Panthera tigris balica) is one of the three extinct subspecies of the Tiger, they became extinct in 1937. They lived on Bali. This is the first extinct subspecies of the tiger. It was the smallest subspecies of the tiger. There is no record of a Balinese tiger ever being held in a zoo collection. The Balinese tiger's close sub-species were the Javan tiger and the Caspian tiger, which are now also extinct. The Balinese and Javan tigers were once of the one type, but during the Ice Age, Bali became isolated from Java by the Bali Strait. This split the tigers into two groups which then went onto develop independently. The killing of the very last wild Balinese tiger is usually thought to have been at Sumbar Kima, West Bali on 27th September, 1937; this was an adult tigress. You can see the last balinese tiger killed in the picture to the right.

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