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Sadly, fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers are currently estimated to remain in the wild. This subspecies is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to poaching, habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict. Kerinci Seblat National Park and the Ulu Masen and Leuser ecosystems of Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are global priority areas for tiger conservation.

Sumatran tiger facts:

   -- Sumatran tigers are the smallest of all tiger subspecies and in captivity can weigh up to 140kg.
   -- They have a more bearded and maned appearance than other subspecies.
   -- Sumatran tigers hunt wild pigs and deer but will take other prey opportunistically.
   -- They are generally very shy and try to avoid people.
   -- Sumatran tigers were previously known as Panthera tigris sumatrae but in 2017 the IUCN Cat Specialist Group revised tiger taxonomy, recognising just two tiger subspecies: Panthera tigris sondaica, comprising the Sumatran and (now extinct) Javan and Balinese populations, and Panthera tigris tigris, comprising the Bengal, Malayan, Indochinese, South Chinese, Siberian and (extinct) Caspian tiger populations.