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Indochinese tiger

One of the rarest big cats on Earth

An Indochinese tiger walking through green forest undergrowth

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The Indochinese tiger is a subspecies of tiger that lives in the forests of Southeast Asia. It is slightly smaller and darker than the Bengal tiger you might picture on a poster. In Cambodia, small numbers live deep in the Cardamom Mountains and northeastern jungle areas.

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Tigers are the biggest wild cats in the world. An Indochinese tiger is roughly 2.5 metres from nose to tail - about the length of a small car. Males can weigh as much as 200 kg. Despite their size, they move almost silently through the jungle and are very hard to spot.

Every tiger has a completely unique stripe pattern, just like a human fingerprint. Scientists use photographs of tigers' stripe patterns to tell individuals apart without having to put any kind of tag on them. This means a camera hidden on a jungle trail can help count how many tigers are living in an area.

Tigers are solitary animals. Each one has its own territory - an area of jungle it patrols and knows well. They mark their territory by scratching trees and by leaving scent. Two tigers might share a forest but rarely meet.

In Cambodian and broader Asian traditions, the tiger is a symbol of courage and power. Tiger images appear in royal emblems, temple art and folk stories. Conservation teams in Cambodia are working hard to protect the forests tigers need, and camera traps regularly photograph them - a sign the tigers are still there.

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  1. 01Scientists identify tigers by their stripe patterns. What other ways do scientists identify wild animals without catching them?
  2. 02Tigers are solitary, but humans tend to be social. How does living alone or in a group change how an animal survives?
  3. 03If you hid a camera in a forest to record wildlife, what do you think you might see in 24 hours?
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Draw a tiger on one piece of paper - make the stripes your own unique pattern. Swap with a partner. Now try to match everyone's tigers back to their owner just from the stripe pattern. Discuss: how might scientists do the same thing with photographs?

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