International Tiger Day marked July 29
Existing and extinct subspecies of tigers in this photo gallery by TASS
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By early XXI century, only six subspecies of tigers are left in the world: the Bengal tiger, the Indochinese tiger, the Malayan tiger, the Siberian (Amur) tiger, the South China tiger and the Sumatran tiger
© EPA/JOERG CARSTENSEN Three subspecies have become extinct in the XX century: The Bali tiger (extinct since 1937), the Caspian tiger (extinct since the 1950's) and the Javan tiger (extinct since 1980's)
© AP Photo/Igor Yakunin As of 2014 the total population of tigers was estimated at 3000. The Bengal tiger is the most numerous
© AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko The tiger is a protected species
© AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana Tiger huntig is forbidden all over the world
© EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS The Siberian (Amur) tiger inhabits the Amur-Ussuri region in far eastern Siberia. There are approximately 530 specimen left in the world
© ITAR-TASS/Vladimir Sayapin The Bengal tiger lives in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, and is the most common subspecies
© EPA/STR Until 2004, the Malayan tiger wasn't considered a subspecies. Genetic analysis showed that they are distinct from the Indochinese subspecies. There are approximately 650 specimen left
© AP Photo/The Enquirer/Ernest Coleman The Indochinese tiger is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. There are about 1,200 specimen
© AP Photo/Markus Schreiber The South China tiger is the most critically endangered subspecies of tiger. There are no more than 60 specimen left
© AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Jiangzhong The Sumatran tiger can only be found on the island of Sumatra. It is listed as a distinct subspecies, as there are from 300 to 500 specimen left
© AP Photo/National Zoo, Ann Batdorf In 2008, Vladimir Putin was given a two-month-old tiger cub which was then handed over to a zoo
© AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool, File