Tiger
Bali tiger (P. t. balica)
According to the revised taxonomy of the Felidae, the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris balica is included into the subspecies Panthera tigris sondaica.
The Bali tiger has been extinct since the 1940s. It was last recorded from western Bali in the late 1930s. It was only half of the size of an Amur tiger. Its extirpation was largely due to the colonial development in the Indonesian islands. Indiscriminate hunting of the Bali tigers occurred for sport and eradication programs. Agricultural and road infrastructure development during the late 19th century and early 1900s also contributed to altering the land use and ecosystem of Bali. Agricultural and transportation developments dramatically fragmented the large blocks of forested land that was the home of tigers in the island. Depletion of its prey base also negatively impacted it.
- This specimen was shot in 1925