It featured prominently in the ancient mythology and folklore of cultures throughout its historic range and continues to be depicted in modern films and literature, appearing on many flags, coats of arms and as mascots for sporting teams. The tiger is among the most recognisable and popular of the world's charismatic megafauna. Tigers are also victims of human–wildlife conflict, due to encroachment in countries with a high human population density. Major reasons for population decline are habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. India currently hosts the largest tiger population.

As of 2015, the global wild tiger population was estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 mature individuals, with most populations living in small isolated pockets.

The tiger is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. What remains of the range where tigers still roam free is fragmented, stretching in spots from Siberian temperate forests to subtropical and tropical forests on the Indian subcontinent, Indochina and a single Indonesian island, Sumatra. Since the early 20th century, tiger populations have lost at least 93% of their historic range and have been extirpated from Western and Central Asia, the islands of Java and Bali, and in large areas of Southeast and South Asia and China. It once ranged widely from the Eastern Anatolia Region in the west to the Amur River basin in the east, and in the south from the foothills of the Himalayas to Bali in the Sunda Islands.

The tiger was first scientifically described in 1758. Tiger cubs stay with their mother for about two years and then become independent, leaving their mother's home range to establish their own. It is territorial and generally a solitary but social predator, requiring large contiguous areas of habitat to support its requirements for prey and rearing of its offspring. An apex predator, it primarily preys on ungulates, such as deer and wild boar. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside.

The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera. Tiger's historical range in about 1850 (pale yellow), excluding that of the Caspian tiger, and in 2006 (in green).

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